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The above essay is excerpted from the essay “Home Going” in “Freedom” by Zinzi Clemmons, published by Viking this June.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The spectacled Beijinger admitted he was nervous for the essay portion of the Chinese test.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
Mollen, ironically, knows the pattern: In her Substack essay, she recalls that her mother-in-law “fell apart” when she and Biggs announced their engagement.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
“As a teacher, I believe in leading with praise no matter how bad the test result or essay is. So I became my teacher self onstage.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Temple touched on it only tangentially in his essay; it recedes into the background again in Swift’s Battle of the Books.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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