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Just a few years later, in 1961, the boys met Australian poet and musician Daevid Allen, who broadened their horizons by sharing his infectious love of jazz.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
6 Feb. 2025 -
The performance, which also featured British artist Dexter Dalwood and writer and translator Heather Cleary, was held at Casa Margarita, the organization’s newest venue once the home of Margarita Quijano, a writer and muse to poet Ramón López Velarde.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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Pic is based on the acclaimed 1976 novel Kiss of the Spider Woman by Argentinian writer Manuel Puig and the Tony-winning Broadway musical of the same name by the multiple Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally and composer/lyricist team John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago).—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2025
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The album is described as a collaboration between not just Carlile and John but producer Andrew Watt and Elton’s longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin, with lyrics contributed by both Carlile and Taupin.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
5 Feb. 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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Long before filming on A Complete Unknown even began, those involved in Dylan’s records and publishing wondered what impact a film starring Timothée Chalamet as the bard would have on his streaming and record sales.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Witcher: Blood Origin’s reshoots included a beefed-up role for Jaskier, and Sirens of the Deep is, among other things, an origin story rooted in the bard’s difficult childhood.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2025
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Nine Inch Nails leader Reznor and British composer Ross are Oscar winners and longtime musical partners who bring a confident hum of electricity, cranking it up and down when necessary.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
14 Feb. 2025
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Less than a month after announcing their engagement, Gomez and Blanco enjoyed their first Christmas as an engaged couple at composer Benj Pasek's annual bash in New York.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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In the decades since his solo debut, Holmes has also become a multiple Tony Award-winning librettist and composer, as well as a New York Times bestselling author.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2025
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Advertisement *** Schoenberg’s wife, Gertrud, a librettist, and son Larry established Belmont Music Publishers in 1965.—
Stacy Perman,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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However, the success of what many Latinos consider a 21st-century minstrel show (complete with a European protagonist’s fair complexion conspicuously darkened to play Mexican) lies not in artistic license but a kind of cinematic arbitrage.—
Giancarlo Sopo,
IndieWire,
3 Feb. 2025
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Just a week ago, there were allegations about Heinz Ketchup's campaign's likeness of minstrel blackface, for which the brand issued an apology.—
Dr. Marcus Collins,
Forbes,
14 Oct. 2024
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“Lyrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyrist. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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