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The Book of Mormon Girl

KUER 90.1 | By Doug Fabrizio
Published March 26, 2012 at 11:03 PM MDT

With Mormon personalities on the national stage over the last few years, think Mitt Romney or Glenn Beck, Americans have a lot of questions about the LDS Church. That's where the scholar Joanna Brooks comes in. Brooks writes the candid Ask Mormon Girl blog and she's been a commentator on Mormon life and politics for news outlets like The Washington Post and BBC. Now she's telling her own story in a new memoir and Tuesday, she joins Doug to talk about her complicated relationship with her faith.

  • Visit JoannaBrooks.org
  • Wednesday, 3/28, Brooks will give a reading from the Book of Mormon Girl with author Jana Riess at Utah Valley University, 12 - 1 p.m., SC 213a. Details here.
  • This Thursday, March 29, Joanna Brooks will deliver the Keynote Address at the annual Mormon Studies Conference at Utah Valley University. For more information, click here
  • Friday, 3/30, She'll perform at The Porch a storytelling venue in Provo. Click here for tickets and information.

 
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Doug Fabrizio
Doug Fabrizio has been reporting for KUER News since 1987, and became News Director in 1993. In 2001, he became host and executive producer of KUER's RadioWest, a one hour conversation/call-in show on KUER 90.1 in Salt Lake City. He has gained a reputation for his thoughtful style. He has interviewed everyone from Isabel Allende to the Dalai Lama, and from Madeleine Albright to Desmond Tutu. His interview skills landed him a spot as a guest host of the national NPR program, "Talk of the Nation." He has won numerous awards for his reporting and for his work with RadioWest and KUED's Utah NOW from such organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Utah Broadcasters Association, the Public Radio News Directors Association and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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