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In those same intoxicated days, Amos Oz—a young novelist who was raised in Jerusalem under British rule and served in a tank unit during the Six-Day War—emerged from the fighting wary of expansionism and the abuse of power.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025 -
In March 1886, Chekhov received a letter from Dmitry Grigorovich, an elder novelist, out of the blue.—
Ha Jin
July 28,
Literary Hub,
28 July 2025
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One of the most effective ways to help build brands and marketing success is to be an effective storyteller.—
Edward Segal,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Different baskets, regalia, or stories can be the time machine, the storage container, the religious fulcrum, the food carrier, the knowledge bearer, or the storyteller.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
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George Santos to report to prison George Santos, the fabulist former New York Republican lawmaker, is set to report to prison Friday — and he’s had a lot to say about it.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
23 July 2025
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Many of the hustlers and fabulists who populate Crews’s fiction are typical American strivers.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Here the great essayist puts her sharp eye to engaging some of the contradictions in Gerwig’s spin on a classic.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
24 July 2025
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Like the essayists in Life and The New York Times, the candidate recognized that the country needed more than policy prescriptions.—
Time,
Time,
23 July 2025
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This was true for autobiographers and for belletristic authors.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Dec. 2024
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Most Black autobiographers never even planned to publish (or thought about publishing) their books commercially.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Dec. 2024
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