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Her counterpart is Nigel's love interest, Portia (Autumn Hurlbert), who defies her double entendre-dropping Puritan father, Brother Jeremiah (Scott Cote), to pursue the sonneteer.—
Kerry Reid,
chicagotribune.com,
13 July 2017 -
There’s even an open mike if your inner sonneteer longs to be released; newyorkcitypoetryfestival.com. ‘—
THE NEW YORK TIMES,
New York Times,
29 June 2017
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Originally envisioned as a musical, Williams was tasked with writing original songs with lyricist Leslie Bricusse before the idea was scrapped.—
Alex Galbraith,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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Welles, who was nominated for four Grammys in 2025, is a gifted lyricist, and his finest verses use cascades of slant rhymes to move subtly from specific finger-pointing to broader implication.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2026
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Looking through a glass darkly like the apostle Paul in the New Testament, the New York rhymer and enigma muses on hopelessness on this highlight from his ninth album, Golliwog.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
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Cardi returned the favor minutes later, penning a letter on X to Minaj’s son, Papa Bear, in the same format the Queens rhymer did to her daughter.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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On Saturday and Sunday, AWO will perform as part of Grammy Award-winning troubadour Jason Mraz’s DREAM fundraising concerts featuring — and benefiting — AWO and four other San Diego nonprofit arts organizations.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Justin Townes Earle may have traveled the world as an Americana troubadour, but the story of the singer-songwriter’s life can be told in just a few square miles in his native Nashville.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2026
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