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Recent Examples of novels
Heather Rose is the Australian author of seven novels including her latest novel The Museum of Modern Love published this month by Algonquin.
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Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair.
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Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair.
—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for novels
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Such false narratives are dangerous.
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Pushing those narratives forward for the time being means more than this weekend’s series against the Dodgers or next week’s four-game trek to Chavez Ravine.
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Because the texts would be part of the curriculum, they could be included on standardized testing, potentially impacting the school district’s test record if students do not perform well.
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European Commission spokesperson for trade Olof Gill said the texts will likely take effect next week, as there are remaining procedures to complete.
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Invasion fictions tended to spring up in response to each new form of invasion panic.
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The program also happens to be in line with one of the president’s convenient rhetorical fictions.
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Moreover, although virtually unseen at the time, technological advances were beginning to unlock the oil lodged in very dense shale rocks, something that petroleum textbooks had previously said was commercially impossible.
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Many private lenders cap borrowing at the cost of attendance (minus, including tuition, room and board and textbooks (minus other aid).
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Much of the outcry is anecdotal, but there lots of anecdotes.
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But, where Notaro used the format to dramatize long anecdotes, Mintz’s special is mainly just him, in a red T-shirt and glasses, talking into a mike.
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The third chapter of my book on anthologies, The Treasuries, is about literary censorship in the early nineteenth century.
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Part of what fascinates and frustrates as regards Ginsberg is that for all of those thick anthologies, propriety forces me to concede that many of the poems simply aren’t that good.
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Using a non-comparative, cradle-to-gate method that excluded downstream applications and packaging, the study tracked materials from extraction or waste collection to the final textile-ready product, whether PET chips, staple fiber or yarns.
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These longer fibers can be spun into finer, smoother and more durable yarns, securing Egyptian cotton’s place in high-end shirting, bedding, and premium fabrications.
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One way to reduce the risk of this happening is to connect the AI model to a body of legal material, such as case law and treatises.
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Skyhorse has since published a dozen or so books by Kennedy, including a memoir and several more anti-vaccine treatises.
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“Novels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/novels. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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