literary
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In November, 2016 she was named one of the city's Literary Lions by the New York Public Library.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Literary fiction is a particular interest of mine so I publish almost entirely literary fiction, but not exclusively.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
The actor, who lives locally with his partner, actress Georgia Groome, and their two daughters, drew a crowd of fans to the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
Joyce Carol Oates, for her part, had spent much of her post-diss free time ignoring Musk and actually discussing literature with other readers at the Charleston Literary Festival.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2025
“Burns was the first American to see the immense possibilities of the instrument in detective work,” the Literary Digest reported in 1912.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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