The Diaries of Carol Lynn Pearson-Mormon Author, Feminist, and Activist: Volume 1: 1956-1990

“I feel somehow that of all the writing I am doing, my diary is the most important.” So wrote the beloved and bestselling author, poet, and playwright Carol Lynn Pearson in her 1979 diary. Several years before, she recorded, “I feel the imperative of history. . . . Add that to my being a household word to many and I cannot escape the feeling that in many years there might be a number of people interested in these pages.” That time has now come.

Unbeknownst to almost everyone but herself, P...