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For all the literariness of the drama, the plot of “The Inheritance” is as roiling as a soap opera.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2022

The original had a literariness that set it apart from most teen shows.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021

Instead of trying to theatricalize its story through finding playable action, The Inheritance tries to solve the problem of adapting a literary work through emphasizing its literariness.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2019

In the years since 2000, Hodgman has made his way as a humorist and storyteller at the confluence of Brooklyn literariness, podcasting and, for lack of a better term, “nerd culture.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2017

She had been a little too much afraid, before that, of Logan's literariness to dare call him up.

From I've Married Marjorie by Widdemer, Margaret