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And then there is his voice — perhaps at its most ravishing on “Take Care of Yourself,” a ballad from his 2011 album “Bella” — at once fierce and tender, colored by longing and loss.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Swiping through a dozen or so brightly colored cards, I’m told, in what supposedly constitutes a “framework shift”: “You have a good kid.”

From Slate • May 10, 2026

His nameless narrator observes that “the colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

A Hansel-like puppet dressed in a frock made of leaves danced along to the song while fairy-like puppets made of brightly colored flowers swayed in circles around him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

They’re in the hut right now, hunched over slips of paper, scratching away with colored pencils, rifling through German dictionaries.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin