literary scholar
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As the biographer and literary scholar Carla Kaplan recounts in “Troublemaker,” Jessica started an escape plan early, opening a bank account at 12 to build up running-away funds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
“Her death was a profound shock to everyone in the literary community,” I was told on WhatsApp by Tetyana Ogarkova, a Ukrainian literary scholar and journalist.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2023
Tsu, a cultural historian and literary scholar of modern China, examines how language shaped China’s evolution into a global superpower.
From New York Times • May 8, 2023
“This is a landmark collection for us, because he is a writer of great stature and literary importance,” said Karen Lawrence, president of the Huntington and herself a literary scholar focused on James Joyce.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2022
In his book "The Light in Troy," literary scholar Thomas Greene points to a 1513 letter written by poet Pietro Bembo to Giovanfrancesco Pico della Mirandola.
From Salon • Nov. 19, 2022
