Sentences with phrase «lyricism about»

A stunningly original novel of heartrending lyricism about four women, a fierce mythopoeia that invites us to enter into a new and powerful imagination of the sublime: What if «a woman's point of view» were God's?

And it isn't as if the homoeroticism here makes her a soul sister to Jean Genet, even if some of her imagery — perhaps most notably a patch of lyricism about legionnaires ironing trouser creases — calls him to mind.

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His bombast about technology and progress does not fare well against Don's lyricism — especially when the subject is the stars, for heaven's sake.

Read about Gil Scott - Heron, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Common, and other hip - hop poets whose intellect and lyricism shine through in their

Because, here's the thing: If I were to interview Jane about some of those experiences, and I said, «Describe to me the first time you walked into Gombe,» whatever she's going to say it would not be invested in the same sort of lyricism that one creates when they're writing.»

For example, the stunningly offbeat lyricism of the shot in The Conformist where the main character and his mother lean into a wind that drives a sea of autumn leaves about their ankles has now been partially saved from the gratuitousness that seemed so apparent in 1971.

Gia Coppola's debut about the teen experience has a lyricism that transcends James Franco's source novel.

Rich with Hollinghurst's signature gifts - haunting sensuality, delicious wit and exquisite lyricism - The Stranger's Child is a tour de force: a masterly novel about the lingering power of desire, how the heart creates its own history, and how legends are made.

Bowden writes with red - hot lyricism and intellectual intensity about life along the Mexican border, profiling outcasts and criminals; victims of racism, injustice, and violence; and the legal system that fails them, all the while sharing his rage and his compassion.

Naturalist Montgomery discovers a bridge between mythology and science in her quest for knowledge about the famously elusive and little - known freshwater pink dolphin, called botos in the Amazon, and reports on her surprising findings in a narrative rich in scientific precision, deep psychological insights, adventure, and lyricism.

Waldman's prose is comic without going for punch lines and graceful without straining for lyricism — the book goes down so easily, yet ends up saying so much about how we choose whom we mate with.

There's no shortage of children's books about trains, but this one is exceptional for its lyricism and Cooper's signature artistic style: Impressionistic, gestural, graceful.

As fluid as these works appear they avoid the trappings of lyricism whilst indicating a newer, less encumbered romanticism, something I was reminded of when talking with Erin in her London studio about her works and those of Günter Umberg.

He predicted that in the years to come, Frankenthaler's contribution will be «as a beacon about lyricism and openness and, frankly, beauty.»

Fine's emphasis to color and its wavering painterly application result in the Accordment paintings achieving just that; they strain to bring about a successful marriage of structure and lyricism.

To write about Charlotte Schulz» drawings requires a language equal to their elegant and surreal lyricism.

Speaking enthusiastically about her admiration for Frankenthaler's work — the «one - shot» paintings, the remarkable sense of color, the subtle use of layering, the simultaneous lyricism and aggression — she also expresses admiration for the artist's still - outsize reputation for determination, fortitude, and toughness.