literary

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In the 1980s and 1990s, the gripe was “stick to reading, writing and ‘rithmetic,” which implies hostility toward expanding those lessons to more complex ideas like literary analysis, critical thinking, and higher math and sciences.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

Feed an Iranian news dispatch or a literary classic into some text detectors, and they return the same verdict: AI-generated.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Presumably those who do decide to stay in room 411 are hoping that Christie’s literary genius might somehow rub off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Loren is the founding editor of the art and literary conceptual “tabloid” On the Rag and curator of the reading series Casual Encountersz.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

In a world without peer review, texts, in order to convey trustworthiness, reliability and accuracy, had to employ literary devices.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton