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• When classicists were public intellectuals, none was more ubiquitous than Gilbert Highet

  26-05-2022 03:04 via antigonejournal.com
  
  When classicists were public intellectuals, none was more ubiquitous than Gilbert Highet
  
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• Shark week is a “Dumpster fire of nonsense.” The animals are less lethal than lawn mowers, toasters, and holes on the beach 

  26-05-2022 03:04 via nytimes.com
  
  Shark week is a “Dumpster fire of nonsense.” The animals are less lethal than lawn mowers, toasters, and holes on the beach 
  
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• Morton L. Janklow, Agent for Best-Selling Authors, Dies at 91

  26-05-2022 00:34 via nytimes.com
  
  A bold, risk-taking negotiator, he numbered among his clients Danielle Steel, Judith Krantz, three presidents and Pope John Paul II.
  
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• Review: “A Lynching at Port Jervis,” by Philip Dray

  25-05-2022 19:36 via nytimes.com
  
  Philip Dray’s book “A Lynching at Port Jervis” unearths the history of an 1892 murder of a Black man at the hands of a white mob.
  
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• Arg! FIU professor teaches American literature class on pirates - FIU News

  25-05-2022 17:50 via news.fiu.edu
  
  Arg! FIU professor teaches American literature class on pirates  FIU News
  
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• Sikkim : Gangtok Hosts Literary Symposium Themed On 'Globalization Of Nepali Literature' - NorthEast Today

  25-05-2022 17:45 via northeasttoday.in
  
  Sikkim : Gangtok Hosts Literary Symposium Themed On 'Globalization Of Nepali Literature'  NorthEast Today
  
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• Globalization Of Nepali Literature News » Northeast Today - NorthEast Today

  25-05-2022 17:45 via northeasttoday.in
  
  Globalization Of Nepali Literature News » Northeast Today  NorthEast Today
  
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• An Oliver Sacks Book Becomes an Opera, With Help From Friends

  25-05-2022 16:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Tobias Picker and Aryeh Lev Stollman have adapted “Awakenings,” drawing both on source material and personal experience.
  
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• Historians of Haiti are up in arms: The New York Times has intruded on their turf. Their defensiveness is telling

  25-05-2022 15:53 via politico.com
  
  Historians of Haiti are up in arms: The New York Times has intruded on their turf. Their defensiveness is telling
  
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• A master of “intelligent meanness,” Elizabeth Hardwick did not exempt her own work from such treatment

  25-05-2022 15:53 via nytimes.com
  
  A master of “intelligent meanness,” Elizabeth Hardwick did not exempt her own work from such treatment
  
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• Morgan Talty on Indigenous Literature, Penobscot Culture, and the Villain of Colonialism - Literary Hub

  25-05-2022 15:16 via lithub.com
  
  Morgan Talty on Indigenous Literature, Penobscot Culture, and the Villain of Colonialism  Literary Hub
  
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• Literature highlights diversity within Asian American, Pacific Islander community - KSHB 41 Kansas City News

  25-05-2022 15:10 via kshb.com
  
  Literature highlights diversity within Asian American, Pacific Islander community  KSHB 41 Kansas City News
  
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• In "This Is Us," the Sentimentality Makes the Art - Electric Literature

  25-05-2022 13:13 via electricliterature.com
  
  In "This Is Us," the Sentimentality Makes the Art  Electric Literature
  
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• African authors are making a name for themselves in science fiction literature - Vaughan Today

  25-05-2022 12:45 via vaughantoday.ca
  African authors are making a name for themselves in science fiction literature  Vaughan Today
  
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• Newly Published, From Rainbow Cocktails to Magical Beasts

  25-05-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
  
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• Book Review: ‘The Latecomer,’ by Jean Hanff Korelitz

  25-05-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In “The Latecomer,” Jean Hanff Korelitz takes on complicated family dynamics, infidelity, race, class, religion, guilt, art and real estate.
  
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• The Chinese Korchagin: Veteran translator of Russian literature Wang Zhichong passes away at age 86 - Global Times

  25-05-2022 10:35 via globaltimes.cn
  
  The Chinese Korchagin: Veteran translator of Russian literature Wang Zhichong passes away at age 86  Global Times
  
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• Why is India’s book market struggling? - The Indian Express

  25-05-2022 09:51 via indianexpress.com
  
  Why is India’s book market struggling?  The Indian Express
  
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• Xi Focus-Closeup: Literature and beyond: in memory of a literary friend - Xinhua

  25-05-2022 09:41 via english.news.cn
  Xi Focus-Closeup: Literature and beyond: in memory of a literary friend  Xinhua
  
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• Educators debate usefulness of classic literature in the classroom: 'A surrender on the part of teachers' - Fox News

  25-05-2022 08:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Educators debate usefulness of classic literature in the classroom: 'A surrender on the part of teachers'  Fox News
  
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• Bradford Literature Festival 2022 highlights - Hockney, heritage, history and the Brontës - Telegraph and Argus

  25-05-2022 06:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Literature Festival 2022 highlights - Hockney, heritage, history and the Brontës  Telegraph and Argus
  
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• Screenwriting Software Market Size And Forecast | Amazon, Final Draft, Celtx, Literature And Latte, Write Brothers, StudioBinder, Quote-Unquote Company, Write Brothers, GCC Productions, KIT Scenarist – The Daily Vale - The Daily Vale

  25-05-2022 05:40 via thedailyvale.com
  Screenwriting Software Market Size And Forecast | Amazon, Final Draft, Celtx, Literature And Latte, Write Brothers, StudioBinder, Quote-Unquote Company, Write Brothers, GCC Productions, KIT Scenarist – The Daily Vale  The Daily Vale
  
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• Sanitized and caricatured by corporate marketing schemes, Basquiat the artist has become Basquiat the brand

  25-05-2022 03:14 via jacobinmag.com
  
  Sanitized and caricatured by corporate marketing schemes, Basquiat the artist has become Basquiat the brand
  
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• Haiti historians are up in arms: the New York Times has intruded on their turf. Their defensiveness is telling 

  25-05-2022 03:14 via politico.com
  
  Haiti historians are up in arms: the New York Times has intruded on their turf. Their defensiveness is telling 
  
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• Elizabeth Hardwick was one of the master practitioners of “intelligent meanness.” She did not exempt her own work from such treatment 

  25-05-2022 03:14 via nytimes.com
  
  Elizabeth Hardwick was one of the master practitioners of “intelligent meanness.” She did not exempt her own work from such treatment 
  
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• Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Shark?

  24-05-2022 19:50 via nytimes.com
  
  David Shiffman’s “Why Sharks Matter” helps our critic, a surfer, see the creatures in a new, more appreciative light.
  
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• Strange, Slippery and Beautiful: A Master Essayist at Work

  24-05-2022 13:49 via nytimes.com
  
  “The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick” presents a critic who ruminates on topics as varied as Maine, Monica Lewinsky and grits.
  
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• Review: “Sleepwalk,” by Dan Chaon

  24-05-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Just how lawless and unhinged can the world rendered in “Sleepwalk” get?
  
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• How Ukraine’s Greatest Novelist Is Fighting for His Country

  24-05-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Andrey Kurkov has spent his life writing about realities so absurd they defy satire. It was perfect preparation for this moment.
  
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• Book Review: ‘The Bar at Twilight,’ by Frederic Tuten

  24-05-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Frederic Tuten’s story collection “The Bar at Twilight” is full of bittersweet portraits of artists and the places that shaped them.
  
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• Prosody has no fixed politics, but try telling that to the defenders of its two camps: Straight Rhymers and Slant Rhymers

  24-05-2022 02:46 via newyorker.com
  
  Prosody has no fixed politics, but try telling that to the defenders of its two camps: Straight Rhymers and Slant Rhymers
  
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• The internet is a global prosthesis, allowing near-perfect planetary communication. Meanwhile, it is ruining us 

  24-05-2022 02:46 via lareviewofbooks.org
  
  The internet is a global prosthesis, allowing near-perfect planetary communication. Meanwhile, it is ruining us 
  
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• Midge Decter dismissed her own writing as ornate and mannered. Maybe so, but it was bracing 

  24-05-2022 02:46 via commentary.org
  
  Midge Decter dismissed her own writing as ornate and mannered. Maybe so, but it was bracing 
  
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• Review: “Phil,” by Alan Shipnuck

  23-05-2022 19:57 via nytimes.com
  
  “Phil,” a new biography of the confounding golf star, arrives as he finds himself the subject of a public outcry.
  
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• Bringing India's Literature to the World! Indian Amb to the UAE @sunjaysudhir Inaugurated ... - Latest - LatestLY

  23-05-2022 15:47 via latestly.com
  
  Bringing India's Literature to the World! Indian Amb to the UAE @sunjaysudhir Inaugurated ... - Latest  LatestLY
  
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• The most unforgettable fathers in literature - Times of India

  23-05-2022 15:30 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  The most unforgettable fathers in literature  Times of India
  
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• Lano And Woodley - Bringing Literature's Greatest Tales To The Stage - 10 News First

  23-05-2022 14:35 via 10play.com.au
  Lano And Woodley - Bringing Literature's Greatest Tales To The Stage  10 News First
  
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• Dublin's Literature Festival hosts discussion on This Woman's Work with Sinéad Gleeson & more - hotpress.com

  23-05-2022 14:01 via hotpress.com
  
  Dublin's Literature Festival hosts discussion on This Woman's Work with Sinéad Gleeson & more  hotpress.com
  
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• Review: ‘Evening Hero,’ by Marie Myung-ok Lee

  23-05-2022 13:51 via nytimes.com
  
  In “The Evening Hero,” a retired Korean-born obstetrician navigates later adulthood in an unwelcoming American mining town.
  
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• Lano andamp; Woodley - Bringing Literature's Greatest Tales To The Stage - 10 News First

  23-05-2022 13:10 via 10play.com.au
  Lano andamp; Woodley - Bringing Literature's Greatest Tales To The Stage  10 News First
  
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• Aristotle and the art of storytelling. His views on length, structure, plot, and character hold up more than 2,000 years later

  23-05-2022 11:08 via aeon.co
  
  Aristotle and the art of storytelling. His views on length, structure, plot, and character hold up more than 2,000 years later
  
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• Review: ‘What the Ermine Saw,’ by Eden Collinsworth

  23-05-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A history of Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th-Century portrait, “Lady With an Ermine,” is also a history of modern Europe.
  
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• In the Culture Wars, Teachers Are Under Attack

  23-05-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Today’s culture wars treat teachers like political prisoners or, even worse, the enemy.
  
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• How Contemporary Chinese Literature Made Western Modernism Its Own - Literary Hub

  23-05-2022 10:55 via lithub.com
  
  How Contemporary Chinese Literature Made Western Modernism Its Own  Literary Hub
  
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• Electronic Literature (Digital Literature) Market by Technology, Solutions, Application, Price, Demand Analysis and Growth Opportunities to 2026 - NewsOrigins

  23-05-2022 10:48 via newsorigins.com
  
  Electronic Literature (Digital Literature) Market by Technology, Solutions, Application, Price, Demand Analysis and Growth Opportunities to 2026  NewsOrigins
  
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• Literature Software Market would Register a Healthy Growth of USD 49.93 billion by 2027 :XCZ.im, caliber, Claro Software Ltd, IReader Technology Co., Ltd, Turnipsoft (Freda), NaturalSoft Ltd, Foxit Software, Inc, AWS, eReflect, Sumatra PDF, Icecream, Guan

  23-05-2022 05:14 via thedailyvale.com
  Literature Software Market would Register a Healthy Growth of USD 49.93 billion by 2027 :XCZ.im, caliber, Claro Software Ltd, IReader Technology Co., Ltd, Turnipsoft (Freda), NaturalSoft Ltd, Foxit Software, Inc, AWS, eReflect, Sumatra PDF, Icecream, Guang  The Daily Vale
  
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• Writing for an audience demands pride and ego. How, then, should writers display themselves in public?

  23-05-2022 03:02 via nationalaffairs.com
  
  Writing for an audience demands pride and ego. How, then, should writers display themselves in public?
  
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• Aristotle and the art of storytelling. His views on length, structure, plot, and character hold up 2,000 years later 

  23-05-2022 03:02 via aeon.co
  
  Aristotle and the art of storytelling. His views on length, structure, plot, and character hold up 2,000 years later 
  
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• Anna Wintour does not believe in small talk, pleasantries, or explanations. Her greatest strength, decisiveness, is also her greatest weakness    

  23-05-2022 03:02 via spectator.co.uk
  Anna Wintour does not believe in small talk, pleasantries, or explanations. Her greatest strength, decisiveness, is also her greatest weakness    
  
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