literature
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He’ll pepper the discussion with references to the Bible, classic poetry, medieval poetry, Shakespeare, literature and movies.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026
What encourages her, and she offers to readers, is poetry and other literature, which “gives us the encouragement to stay grounded.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The old metaphor of a tree – a single trunk branching into distinct species – has been quietly replaced in the scientific literature.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Dylan, who released his first album in 1963, was awarded a Nobel Prize for literature in 2016.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
My plan was, as I taught, also to study, to take graduate courses in English literature and possibly writing.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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
He has a doctorate in Hispanic languages and literatures from UC Berkeley and a master of fine arts in poetry from UC Davis, where he is a professor in the department of Chicana/Chicano studies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
This time around I’m fascinated with the lineage of oral literatures.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
I like to peg trans writing to other minority literatures that came before it.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2021
Every inch of visible surface of the board had been decorated, with four somewhat gorgeous-looking columns of quotations from a variety of the world’s literatures.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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