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No playwright can duplicate the poignancy of that.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026 -
The play concerns an average guy named Berenger (a character name that Ionesco used in other works, and who seems to share some background details with the playwright) who sees the people around him acting strangely and spouting odd sentiments.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2026
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His 2013 novel, Sudden Death, about the forces that shaped Renaissance-era Europe, revolves around a fictional tennis match between the Italian painter Caravaggio and the Spanish poet Francisco de Quevedo, who face off with a ball fabricated from Anne Boleyn’s hair.—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
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That Pound was shocked when Amprim declined both requests gives a clear idea of the poet’s stunning naïveté and overwhelming sense of self-importance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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For Duprat, being an architect himself has, however, facilitated his work as a screenwriter.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2026
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It is named for Walter Bernstein, an American screenwriter who was blacklisted during Hollywood’s Red Scare in the 1950s, and has only been given twice before.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2026
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He is known as the world's most famous playwright and England's greatest dramatist, but even William Shakespeare got writer's block.—
Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Jan. 2026
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The essential New Orleans recipe, named after French dramatist Victorien Sardou in 1908 to celebrate his trip to The Big Easy, is a close cousin to eggs Benedict.—
Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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And because the scriptwriters love a good story, the Rams must return to the same field as their penance.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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But for all those American fans who plan to watch the Cortina Olympics, be forewarned: Hollywood’s best scriptwriters are sitting at their typewriters, pounding out the bones of a sports movie about Lindsey Vonn.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
23 Dec. 2025
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Her lyrical explorations of navigating a deeply feeling heart earned her a reputation as an indie bard of melancholy and loneliness, and fans, in turn, forged an intense parasocial relationship with her.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
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But this award, which was inaugurated in 2023 with a Jesso win, circles the same handful of writers, and country scribes like Jessie Jo Dillon, pop bards like Amy Allen, and reggaeton men-at-arms like Edgar Barrera are just as up next.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Camonghne Felix, poet and essayist, is the author of Build Yourself a Boat, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in Poetry, shortlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award, and shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Awards.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Joy Williams is an American novelist, short-story writer and essayist best known for her short fiction.—
Joy Williams,
The Dial,
3 Mar. 2026
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Associated Press journalist John Leicester contributed from Paris.—
Alex Veiga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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