canon
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In our list, you’ll find titles that confront Sept. 11 directly, but others that bring to mind a deeper, broader canon of trauma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Rather than serving as "an impartial chronographic work," the researchers suggest it may instead have functioned as "a legitimizing canon of kings, which was periodically updated to remove short-lived or parallel Neo-Assyrian rulers."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
And for those who like their biopic by-the-numbers, the finished product is a perfectly serviceable entry into the canon.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Schoenbrun has an obvious familiarity with the horror canon, and I would guess owns a dog-eared copy of “Men, Women, and Chainsaws,” Carol J. Clover’s classic book on the genre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The canon of black autobiography sensibly includes scores of books about resistance to the American system.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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