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The celebrated poet first visited Medu in disguise.—
Katie Mitchell,
Essence,
7 June 2025 -
Both essays and verse by celebrated writers and poets—a nod to Toni Morrison’s ’70s anthology, The Black Book. —HM Whole Food Cooking Every Day by Amy Chaplin The best cookbook for… becoming a whole foods evangelist.—
Hayley Maitland,
Vogue,
7 June 2025
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Hip-hop-heads got to see two respected lyricists going for blood, and proponents of Shaderoom-style gossip had more than enough drama to feed off of.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2025
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This year, the tributes go to Tina Landau, an award-winning playwright, lyricist and director, and Tony Award winner Idina Menzel.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
27 May 2025
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Her language thus had its necessary counterpoint: the Bronx’s fullness against her poetry’s economy; the streetcorner’s pizzicato against her versifier’s swing.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2022
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Modest Durnov, an artist and versifier, did not leave his mark on the world of art.—
Sarah Vitali,
Harper's magazine,
10 May 2019
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Heti’s detractors could probably put a bottle in the middle of a table and entertain themselves reading lines out of context in suave, poetaster voices.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2022
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But -aster words have never been particularly common, with the exception of poetaster, an inferior poet.—
Melissa Mohr,
The Christian Science Monitor,
28 June 2018
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In other words, the Panthers were trying bard to enlist Sly’s talents and influence for their own purposes.—
Timothy Crouse,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
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In Russia, Aleksandr Dugin is a philosopher and bard of Putinism (with many fans in the United States).—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
21 Apr. 2025
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Cinematographer Roger Deakins gave the feature a stunning cinematic style that felt almost live-action, and composer John Powell added a sweeping score to the narrative.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
14 June 2025
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The music cue from composer John Morris is a deliberate homage to Maurice Jarre's score from the grandaddy of all dune-traversing movies, Sir David Lean's 1962 Oscar winner for Best Picture, Lawrence of Arabia.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
14 June 2025
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Composer Jasmine Barnes and librettist Deborah D.E.E.P.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2025
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His work as a novelist and librettist continued until the turn of the century.—
Pablo Maurer,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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In the early 1900s, Black performers often encountered dress code restrictions and had to acclimate their garments to fit the demands of their audiences, particularly in minstrel shows and vaudeville performances.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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One giant got distracted by a wandering minstrel One giant overslept and started late Clues: Brumm is not the fastest builder but didn’t oversleep.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Lyrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyrist. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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