realist

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“The vogue when I was writing ‘Dept. of Speculation’ was for realist doorstopper books that were self-consciously about big ideas,” explains the novelist, who published her now-classic fragmentary novel in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Primarily a sculptor and printmaker, Catlett worked in the social realist tradition and her work often celebrates the dignity of Black and brown working people, especially women.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The 54-year-old Dyche, who was previously in charge at Everton and Burnley, said he was a "realist" about his precarious situation and spoke like a manager resigned to his fate.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Ms Peggie's claims also include the allegation that she suffered "direct discrimination" because of her "sex realist beliefs" and that she faced "harassment or alternatively victimisation" relating to the internal disciplinary process carried out.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

This book will look, I trust, realist to relativists and relativist to realists: that is how it is meant to look.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton