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Predating #MeToo, the novel directly addresses a generational shift away from patriarchal resignation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024

It’s also nice to have an opportunity to admire Barry’s prescience: Predating the 1929 stock market crash, “Holiday” seems prophetic in its critical attitude to go-go business mind0-sets and irrationally exuberant investing.

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2022

Predating the BetaMax versus VHS format war, the N1500 recorded television onto square cassettes, unlike the VCRs that would achieve mass market success in the 1980s.

From Time • May 3, 2016

Predating this change, with the exception of educated men of letters and Christian scholars, the populace experienced stories only through the aural folklore tradition.

From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2012

Predating the direct-to-VHS boom, Schiff’s outsider ouput pioneered the DIY horror film aesthetic.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2011