literary
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Curiously, the book also dwells little on Monroe’s own literary ambitions.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
Had Brontë survived past 30, she might have worked yet-greater literary marvels, but as it is she left us with “Wuthering Heights,” a bravura work of melodrama published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The writer sat down with AFP in Panama, where she is attending the Centroamerica Cuenta literary festival.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The spiky succulents are signifiers of what makes the desert special to people, said poet Ruth Nolan, the Mojave Desert literary laureate.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
If the other boys on the block were now smaller than me physically and somewhat behind in their athletic ability, they were far behind in their literary skills.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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