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luminously



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Johnson’s writing is luminously beautiful, her assiduous research never impedes the narrative, and the illustrations are spectacular.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Boo, who spent three years at the slum, emphasizes family ties and writes luminously about the daily struggles of Mumbai’s poor.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2025

Reviewing “The Eight Mountains,” which begins streaming on the Criterion Channel on Tuesday, I wrote: “Vast and intimate at once, their luminously languid adaptation of Paolo Cognetti’s bestseller reaches sublime heights.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 20, 2023

Contrary to their name, dark stars could typically have glowed a billion times more luminously than the sun and grown to a million times its mass.

From Scientific American Jul. 20, 2023

The walls had been paneled with varnished pine board in which the knots shone luminously; Susan Marie’s curtains were of a clean, smooth yellow, tied off crisply behind careful bows, ruffled, valanced, and undertiered.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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