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Ms. Hruska writes affectingly of the Polish-Jewish author Bruno Schulz, who translated “The Trial” in 1936.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

The standout in the cast is the Violetta of Rachel Willis-Sorensen, her silvery and supple soprano making for a more brilliant than affectingly consumptive character.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

You may be surprised how affectingly, and empoweringly, the film uses the then-ubiquitous TikToks of Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2023

So much so that when a character in Ritchie’s new war film set in the country, the affectingly emotional “The Covenant,” mentions an IED, the words “improvised explosive device” helpfully pop up on screen.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2023

He then produced to them those beautiful stanzas, which, though already known to most readers, are far too affectingly associated with this closing scene of his life to be omitted among its details.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore


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