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a collection of writings
an anthology of American short stories
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Recent Examples of anthologies
There are bookshelves teeming with dog-eared paperbacks, imposing hardbacks, critical anthologies, story collections, art books; my writer is also a reader, and a voracious one at that.
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Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
This was made back when horror anthologies were all the rage, and King was at the center of them.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Among the highlights are four special issues, new anthologies of fiction and poetry, the digitization of The New Yorker’s archive, a landmark exhibition at the New York Public Library, and a Netflix documentary on the magazine.
—The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
Teaching Resources Make Your Own Poetry Anthology Teaching students to make their own poetry anthologies in the form of a commonplace book gives them insight into the power, and problems, of curation.
—JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
With a career spanning more than five decades, Giovanni wove the fabric of the Black experience into poetry, essays, children’s books and anthologies.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 10 Dec. 2024
This season offers plentiful options, with in-depth biographies, thematic histories, and exhaustive anthologies among the choices.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
Perez is a National Book Award winner and the editor of nine anthologies, including Indigenous Pacific Islander Eco-Literatures.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024
Last but not least, Wong has been organizing for disability justice, writing about her own experiences with disability, and platforming other disabled writers for years, both through the anthologies she’s edited and through Disability Visibility Project.
—James Factora, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
This was made back when horror anthologies were all the rage, and King was at the center of them.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Among the highlights are four special issues, new anthologies of fiction and poetry, the digitization of The New Yorker’s archive, a landmark exhibition at the New York Public Library, and a Netflix documentary on the magazine.
—The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
Teaching Resources Make Your Own Poetry Anthology Teaching students to make their own poetry anthologies in the form of a commonplace book gives them insight into the power, and problems, of curation.
—JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
With a career spanning more than five decades, Giovanni wove the fabric of the Black experience into poetry, essays, children’s books and anthologies.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 10 Dec. 2024
This season offers plentiful options, with in-depth biographies, thematic histories, and exhaustive anthologies among the choices.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
Perez is a National Book Award winner and the editor of nine anthologies, including Indigenous Pacific Islander Eco-Literatures.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024
Last but not least, Wong has been organizing for disability justice, writing about her own experiences with disability, and platforming other disabled writers for years, both through the anthologies she’s edited and through Disability Visibility Project.
—James Factora, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anthologies
compilations
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Based on a manga, the action-fantasy show has around since 2019 and spread its rollout across four seasons and a handful of theatrical releases (both original films and episode compilations).—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025
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For prompting strategies to invoke personas, see my compilations at the link here and the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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