The Fall 2026 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought features research by Todd M. Compton on newly available documents concerning Joseph Smith's plural wives. The documents provide additional historical detail about the founder's practice of polygamy.

Dialogue editors introduced the issue in a podcast episode, highlighting the archival findings as a significant contribution to Mormon historical scholarship. The journal continues its decades-long role as a platform for independent academic research on Latter-day Saint topics.