lyrical
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Lyrical saint Nick Cave was more caustic — notoriously so — when he shared how he felt about these boys of California’s endless summer.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
Lyrical but not maudlin, the book navigates family disagreements, competing philosophies and different ways the human spirit can manifest in the human body.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Lyrical in its aesthetic, with dreamlike imagery, mostly of water and vistas, and voiceover narration — sometimes by the filmmaker and other times by a choir of talking frogs — it’s an utterly original work.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2022
Hugely influential, Lyrical Ballads helped turn English literature away from classical modes and forms derived from Greek and Latin poetry and towards the rural folk culture of the British Isles, particularly ballads.
From Slate • May 22, 2020
"Lyrical Poems selected from Musical Publications between the years 1589 and 1600."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
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