literature
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L.A. literature: In a durably famous metaphor for Southern California, “The Crying of Lot 49’s” heroine, Oedipa, compares the sight of a distant sprawling suburb to a transistor radio’s printed circuit board.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
The literature shows that one of the channels through which energy price shocks, like other commodity price shocks, can impact the economy is the central bank.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Published when its author was 28 years old, the slim, elliptical volume played a central role in Camus winning the Nobel Prize for literature at a time when that distinction still meant something.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
However, the researchers highlight major gaps in the existing literature.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
I took English literature and health and American history.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
Vocabulary lists containing literature
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National Librarian Day
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