inventive

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It’s rich, layered, and more inventive than the usual.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

Will Self burst onto the literary scene in 1991 with a collection of inventive and excessive short stories that was titled “The Quantity Theory of Insanity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The story itself is relatively easy to follow: a heroine travels through different realms in an effort to restore balance, all while audiences are treated to impressive choreography, elaborate costumes and inventive stage effects.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Through some inventive structures and a playful rewiring of romantic tropes going back to Homer, Groff stitches together a portrait of a marriage that she then carefully unravels.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Berkeley’s ability to exploit its increasingly inventive faculty’s work stagnated under this lumbering regime until 1931, when Sproul met Frederick Cottrell.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik