literary
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“I think books have never been more important, more respected,” says Sylvie Rabineau, senior partner & co-head of literary media, WME.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Seven Georgian nationals will be tried in Paris starting Tuesday for the theft of rare editions of Russian literary classics from prestigious French libraries, including works by Alexander Pushkin.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Its author, Gail Crowther, has a knack for finding new angles on unhappy literary women, including Dorothy Parker, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Patchett’s literary style isn’t of the show-offy variety packed with dazzling sentences and edge-of-your-seat cliffhangers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
You have found the first clue in Garrison Griswold's literary scavenger hunt launched on November 10.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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