literature

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“I think literature used to be much more committed to creating a world, creating a scene,” Huehls said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Juniors and seniors at her school take a science-fiction literature class in which they study “Fahrenheit 451,” a 1953 book about censorship and authoritarianism.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Mr. Armitage’s resplendent translation, proceeding with nerve, wisdom and necessary audacity, proves that literature does not progress so much as deepen, circling the same obsessions with ever-renewed urgency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Randa Abdel-Fattah, the Australian-Palestinian writer whose disinvitation from a major literature festival in Adelaide sparked an uproar in January, said her upcoming book, Discipline, would be her "first and last book with UQP".

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

And, indeed, he had either bought books in vast quantities or had had access to a remarkable library, for On the Magnet begins with the first systematic literature review.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton