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  "id": 15725784,
  "title": "“If You Write Properly You Shouldn’t Have to Punctuate.” Was Cormac McCarthy That Guy in Your MFA?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/if-you-write-properly-you-shouldnt-have-to-punctuate-was-cormac",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-20T09:10:21.000Z",
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    "url": "https://lithub.com/if-you-write-properly-you-shouldnt-have-to-punctuate-was-cormac-mccarthy-that-guy-in-your-mfa/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lee Holleman’s first impression of the campus left her flat. It looked undernourished, somehow: a sense of architectural scrawniness. “The University of Tennessee was overrun with students from Hoboken…[and] New Jersey,” she recalled. “They had no complaints about Knoxville and",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}