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Odd memories This weekend’s Final Four is the first in Indianapolis since the state of Indiana hosted the entire NCAA Tournament in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
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The Apple Original Films movie is an adaptation of a 1997 book written and illustrated by Travolta, inspired by the star’s childhood memories and lifelong passion for aviation.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
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The bar regulars bravely pursue love and music in the face of addiction, poverty, and haunting pasts.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2026
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The result was a reunion that finally provided (mostly) satisfying questions and answers about participants’ pasts and presents instead of dancing around topics.—
Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Body Mists Instead of staying stranded in nostalgic recollections of your middle school gym bag, body mists have actually grown up right alongside us.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2026
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All the hiccups now blend together in his recollections.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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The group will highlight stories and histories from the United States and Central and South America as told through musical repertoire and historic instruments.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
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Though local histories differ, fossil capitalism and the imperialism that sustains it have produced a regional trauma carried across borders in memory, bodies and ecosystems.—
Mehrnoush Soroush,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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The character’s reminiscences of Florence are romantic and vivid, while the present is decidedly average.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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In the nightmare scenario that kicks off Transcription, the disabling of the narrator’s phone—that ingenious receptacle for distraction, and discomfort, and crap—sets in motion a series of observations and reminiscences that prod the narrator’s unconscious, bringing the novel into being.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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My poetry began as a father’s sly growl, became a spectacle on a rickety stage washed in limelight, and now is a 70-year-old woman’s walk back into a thousand yesterdays.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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As noted in yesterdays’ newsletter, O’Hearn is 4-for-5 with two home runs and two doubles against lefties.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Flashbacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flashbacks. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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