vignettes
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Some are vignettes from Ms. Phillips’s early years, while others speak of her nomadic young adulthood, her parents’ divorce and their deaths, and her own experiences as a mother.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Gay kisses and scenes of queer physical affection aren’t exactly titillating, or worse, made into inspiring coming-out vignettes perfectly primed for Pride season watchlists.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
Dean's secret weapon is the incisiveness of her lyrics, which paint instantly-recognisable vignettes of love.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
Like the author’s more recently acclaimed “constellation,” or spread-out novels, “House of Day” includes vignettes with her obsessions — mushrooms, dreams, deaths — and multiple, vivid characters living in a single village.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
It’s funny the way I remember my time in France: little vignettes, discombobulated, a narrative drifting along an ocean, a series of scenes that meant nothing until they meant something.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
