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lyrical



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That growth in lyrical intensity helps explain why hip hop continues to provoke anxiety.

From The Wall Street Journal

The long, lyrical essay, originally written during the Bush years at the height of the second Iraq war, directly challenges the idea that “nothing ever changes.”

From Los Angeles Times

It proved a largely lyrical piece with echoes of Dvořák in the second of its four movements and urgency in the final two.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the pop phenom’s typical fashion, it’s a lyrical wink to the listener, a sign that she doesn’t care whether they take her — as Lady Gaga once said — too seriously or not seriously enough.

From Salon

“Joe Mac” is a stirring, lyrical work of nonfiction, written with as much empathy as the best fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal