forbidden
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For Leslie Fiedler, the greatest works of American literature were those that engaged with terrible fears and forbidden desires.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The entire performance depends on presenting basic historical literacy as forbidden knowledge.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
A tale about forbidden love and Taiwanese food has won the International Booker Prize, becoming the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Longet was reportedly forbidden from speaking or writing about the shooting.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Even as taxonomy—the classification of plant and animal species—flourished, inquiries into the origin of living beings were relegated to the forbidden sidelines.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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