literature
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In song and literature, the route is celebrated as an east-to-west journey.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
She studied English literature at London's Goldsmiths College and later, while working as a TV researcher, spotted a gap in the market for a black-focused awards show.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Sonia McSwain, originally from San Luis Obispo, is a senior at the University of California, San Diego, where she studies English literature with a minor in communication.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
But if she, a towering scholar of Yiddish literature, assumes the pose of a little old lady, don’t be fooled.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“It was a horse-drawn cart. Donated by a Victorian merchant named George Moore to ‘diffuse good literature among the rural population.’”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing literature
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