literature
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Born on a farm in Bra in northwest Italy in 1948, Bonino graduated with a degree in foreign languages and literature at Milan's Bocconi University before joining the Radical Party.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
I have spent the past few years reading the vast and growing literature, from “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies,” by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares to Dario Amodei’s “Machines of Loving Grace.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
I always quote “beauty begets beauty,” and I can tell he does not read any literature or visit museums to stay sharp.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Huger wrote for instructions to Postmaster General Amos Kendall, as well as New York Postmaster Samuel Gouverneur, from whose office the offending literature had been shipped.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
But just as optimism has its dark side, the Peloponnesian War was not without its bright spots, at least in terms of literature.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Mr. Morson, a professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Northwestern University, is the author of “Wonder Confronts Certainty: Russian Writers on the Timeless Questions and Why Their Answers Matter.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
Chesterton, John Buchan, Rafael Sabatini and even Sax Rohmer, among a score of others, were — and are — thrilling storytellers, as well as the founders of our modern genre literatures.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2023
Now, a lot of people who have emigrated to the U.S. are bringing their literatures into English.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Another reason is easier reader access to Spanish-language literatures and their translations via ebooks and online platforms.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2022
Rise and fall—this was the doctor’s business, and it was literatures too.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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