literary
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She works on programming art and installations at LAX that showcase the city’s vibrant arts scene, including its literary merits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The controversy also reminded her of Ireland's history of literary censorship, which affected famous writers including Edna O'Brien, Samuel Beckett and John McGahern.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
But as he turns to the story of his father’s past, Mr. Murakami’s distant, delicate perspective begins to feel less like a literary device and more like emotional reticence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Tune in to this spooky episode of Decoder Ring for “a seasonally appropriate literary mystery—one full of doppelgängers, supervillains, plot twists, and vampires who just refuse to die.”
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
Lincoln’s speech was a political as well as a literary tour de force, and what was really clever about it—not to mention cheeky—was that he used it, in effect, to game the Constitution.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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