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Decades later though, those with the relevant graduate degrees the bartender last night had a Master's in English Lit, which is why I am limiting this to relevant degrees, have almost all had very good careers.
Rush Limbaugh accuses Obama of tearing his words out of their original parody context to stir up racial fears. Ann Althouse 2008
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Urban Lit is nowhere near where it should be in publishing if we believe the old line about sales being so important.
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It seems to be OK if nothing is happening in Lit Fiction.
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They don't teach you that in English Lit, but it seems to be working for Moore.
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When I got my MA in English Lit I had to read more than 100 great works.
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Bad Southern Lit is like Bad Southern Oysters - nothing will make you sicker when it's 'off.'
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I was convinced I would be a writer one day and majored in English Lit to prepare, but life soon beat me down to the point where I put writing away.
Origin Stories - Katrina Williams Victoria Janssen 2010
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Lit is lit (writing with meaning) and the lines are always blurring.
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How many erstwhile detached and proudly non-materialistic BAs in English Lit may have gone through horrific sleepless nights, ceaselessly regretting not having majored in business upon learning that 27-year-olds at Goldman Sachs outearn them 100-to-1?
Pablo Triana: The Problem With Bonuses? Their In-Your-Faceness 2009
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He informs her that she's just made more use of her BA in Art History than he's made of his in English Lit since graduation.
Five Uneasy Pieces 2009
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