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literary

[lit-uh-rer-ee] / ˈlɪt əˌrɛr i /


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In a 2008 speech at the PEN Literary Gala, the late Nobel Prize-winning Black novelist Toni Morrison anticipated this new-old order in Donald Trump’s America.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

To ensure the book club runs efficiently with riveting discussions, the women have enlisted the help of Literary Affairs — an L.A.-based company that offers facilitators at over 50 book clubs in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Mr. Forbes’s work has appeared in the Times Literary Supplement and elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The actor, who lives locally with his partner, actress Georgia Groome, and their two daughters, drew a crowd of fans to the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

She was like Baby Moses in the Bible stories they read to us at the Baptist Literary Glass.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat




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