literary
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In a 2008 speech at the PEN Literary Gala, the late Nobel Prize-winning Black novelist Toni Morrison anticipated this new-old order in Donald Trump’s America.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
His 2009 novel Jasper Jones - a coming-of-age story featuring a 13-year-old boy as its protagonist - garnered several awards in Australia and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Awards.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
To ensure the book club runs efficiently with riveting discussions, the women have enlisted the help of Literary Affairs — an L.A.-based company that offers facilitators at over 50 book clubs in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Literary fiction: “V.” practically invented a genre all its own.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
“Burns was the first American to see the immense possibilities of the instrument in detective work,” the Literary Digest reported in 1912.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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