literature
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"And then I found in the literature that the same gene which is responsible for hairlessness in dogs is responsible for a reduced number of teeth, indicating that these were Peruvian hairless dogs."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
It included a French literature teacher at the Lycee Blaise-Cendrars in the town of Sevran, who said she was not replaced for six months before key exams during her maternity leave.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Mélenchon was born in Morocco to French parents, moved to France as a child and later studied French literature and philosophy at the university of Besançon, in Eastern France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
As his latest book ‘The Radiance’ blurs the lines between memory and invention, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author makes a compelling case for why literature remains our richest record of human consciousness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
So I studied literature and liked it better.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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
Chesterton, John Buchan, Rafael Sabatini and even Sax Rohmer, among a score of others, were — and are — thrilling storytellers, as well as the founders of our modern genre literatures.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2023
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
The book got me thinking about Homer and his connection to the Irish bards, and then to the oral literatures of the Americas and spoken poetry today, how each builds on what came before.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 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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