classics

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Evoking classics of the ‘60s and ’70s Latin American boom, the novel is sensual and darkly comic, suffused with the sense that, as Arias writes, “fate was a cruel, playful thing.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Along with the classics, the shop also offers bagels imbued with ingredients like saffron, Korean gochujang and miso.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

AI is an able writer because it’s trained on vast troves of human writing, from literary classics to contemporary op-eds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Platitudes are for popsicle sticks and fortune cookies, not feature-length adaptations of literary classics intended to warn readers about how easily power can bleed into corruption.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Burr wrote his beloved daughter Theodosia and her husband, extracting a promise that she would be allowed to pursue her study of Latin, Greek, and the classics.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis