anecdote

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At the same time, the author’s easy way with an anecdote makes reading “Advance Britannia” effortlessly pleasant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Pascoe also told Desert Island Discs host Lauren Laverne that her agent had advised her against including an anecdote about her abortion in her 2016 book Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

As the LGBTQ+ publication Them pointed out in a report, the “115 grams of sugar” anecdote isn’t representative of Dunkin’, but it’s also not inaccurate.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

What is an anecdote about Joan Didion that resonates with you?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

Shanti delighted the judges with the Parents, what-can-you-do? anecdote about her dad putting out the life-size, blow-up lawn Santa on the Fourth of July.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray