literature
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She studied literature at university and joined Google in 2006 as an entry-level temp with no computer science degree.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Earlier this week, the prizes for medicine, physics, chemistry and literature were announced in Stockholm, with the latter going to Canadian poet Anne Carson on Thursday for her modern twists on Greek mythology and antiquity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
I studied a lot of church literature because churches have a lot of reckonings and internal rifts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
“For centuries,” he writes, “people have accepted that literature and learning are among the highest purposes and deepest consolations of human existence.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Ms. Rannells and Georgie headed off to a morning of fancy dresses, and the guys went to explore the world’s best literature.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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Mr. Morson, a professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Northwestern University, is the author of “Wonder Confronts Certainty: Russian Writers on the Timeless Questions and Why Their Answers Matter.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
Now, a lot of people who have emigrated to the U.S. are bringing their literatures into English.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
I like to peg trans writing to other minority literatures that came before it.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2021
Many early pages chronicle the poet’s youthful Wanderjahre in Europe, but almost nothing is said about his 25 years as a Harvard professor of European languages and literatures.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2020
Rise and fall—this was the doctor’s business, and it was literatures too.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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