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“While a memoir or formal autobiography aims to offer a retrospective story, the diary typically doesn’t, or can’t, because it is written from the middle of an unfolding life.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Some of the detectives’ notes had been written in cursive, which she helped translate for her younger teammates.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Toni Jaramilla, the attorney for Cowser, said in a written statement that the police department “failed to correct the false narrative” even when videos proved the officer was lying.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Vaguely written job postings could be another red flag, she said, because nebulous-sounding jobs can be easy to shift around or downsize.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

She told me once, rather proudly, that she had read every book that Agatha Christie had ever written.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo