literature

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Last month more than 100 authors at the Bollore-owned Grasset publishing group, home to some of the biggest names in French literature, said they would leave after the ousting of its long-time CEO.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

That distinction is especially relevant in discussions surrounding “The Odyssey,” a mythological epic that has been reimagined across centuries through theater, literature, film and visual art.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Viola Davis provides mellifluous narration; giving voice to Du Bois in the reading of his letters and literature are the rapper-activist Common and the actors Jeffrey Wright and Courtney B. Vance.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

In mid-April, I joined my friend Nancy in York, a city often mentioned in Yorkshire-based literature.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

What is important for our immediate purposes is the way in which his discussion echoes through the later literature on the law of nature, for of course Montaigne was read by all the educated.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton