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literature

[lit-er-uh-cher, -choor, li-truh-] / ˈlɪt ər ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, ˈlɪ trə- /


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Yet “writers defy time,” Ms. Phillips declares in an essay about literature as safekeeping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“And it’s been really fun because you need a Ph.D. in literature to tell it what to do.”

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

To be clear, both are reasonable reads of the literature, but the reporters would write different stories because of how the A.I. decided to order the same information.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

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

We all ought to make sacrifices for literature.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway




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