literary
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Jeselnik’s book club recommendations are eclectic and literary — the kind of titles name-dropped in MFA writing workshops and met with impressed nods at dinner parties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
He signed on at the suggestion of executive producer Kimberly Witherspoon, Bourdain’s former literary agent who now oversees his estate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Kendall, the first expert-in-residence earlier this year at Britain's The Classical Association, cautioned against viewing the renewed literary interest just in cinema-related isolation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The annual Booker Prize is the literary world's most prestigious award, recognising long-form fiction by writers of any nationality, written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Her reclusiveness proved no barrier to the county's continued efforts to market her literary classic—or to market itself by using the book's celebrity.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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