diaries

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"In his high school diaries, we keep seeing the same line over and over again: 'I didn't go to school today,'" he said with a smile.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Traces of Guler's lifelong devotion to cinema can even be found in his teenage diaries from the late 1940s and 1950s, according to Temel Yilmaz, conservator and archive researcher.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

This realm is populated by diarists living and dead, those who read or study diaries, and those who buy, sell and preserve diaries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Mendes-Flohr builds his portrait from intimate materials: Rosenzweig’s diaries; interviews with Rosenzweig’s son, Rafael, and some surviving members of Rosenzweig’s circle; and, most striking, more than 1,000 letters Rosenzweig wrote to Margrit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

“True and true and true. I’m a born leader. I speak my mind. And it’s not like I’m reading people’s diaries or breaking into lockers. I’m observant. Your turn, Lucy.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty