| 单词 | conversational |
| 例句 | But he added something of his own—and it was this that helped tether his high style to something more conversational. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Why, Granddaddy had told me about a parrot who had lived past his century and learned over four hundred conversational phrases, as acute a mimic as any human being... The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But I must confess that it wasn’t until much later on that I realized that conversational mentions of “PLO” referred to the Palestine Liberation Organization, not to “People Like Ourselves.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z So what made my encounter with him different, so much more compelling than the conversational encounters I have every day? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she seemed to switch conversational horses in midstream. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Mother excused him from holding up his conversational end. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He visited them nearly every day, played games with them, lectured to them on German history, played their piano, gave them lessons in conversational German. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Whole areas of that relationship were still blank to me, but I knew something about the competitive, prestige seeking aspect of it, and about the perpetual conversational duel that can result from it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z At length he prolonged his remark into “Pip, I do assure you this is as-TON-ishing!” and so, by degrees, became conversational and able to walk away. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “At being with you and being a normal human being with, like, minimally functional conversational skills. I don’t know what’s wrong with me.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z As Harold Nicolson put it, he had a combination of “great flights of oratory with sudden swoops into the intimate and the conversational.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z There was a numbness in their crisis, which forced language into conversational levels. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice was light and conversational, but Harry saw him slip an inch lower down the wall as he said it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z In a loose, conversational sense, some implies “some, but not all”: when I say Some men are chauvinists, it’s natural to interpret me as implying that others are not. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In a conversational tone, like somebody picking up a story that had been interrupted in the telling, she told her brother something quite different from what she told the policemen. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Dumbledore’s tone was conversational; he might have been asking for a weather forecast. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Kaisa said, her tone carefully conversational: “I dislike Seatown in the summer. It is all young ladies and their mothers, seeking out suitable husbands.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She learned his name, which was Bill, and how to say “yes” and “no” and quite a few conversational phrases. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When he spoke it was in an easy, conversational tone. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Now that he’s in there, Annabelle has no clue what to say to him, and she can practically hear the gears of conversational effort turning in his own head. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z During a conversational lull, I asked Mr. Muhammad how many Muslims were supposed to be in our Temple Number One in Detroit. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The volume should be low enough that you could speak at a conversational level without raising your voice. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z And the Babylonians said”—here my father dropped his voice to a more conversational tone—‘“Can’t you see Bel is a living God? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice picked up again, almost perfectly conversational in tone. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Aside from conversational or casual language, don’t use only in place of but or except. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked questions that didn’t flow from the conversational strands he had begun. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He could tell Luke was trying hard to keep it light and conversational. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She found a job working for an agency, helping American businesspeople learn conversational French, and French businesspeople learn conversational English. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Briony was listening out for footsteps on the landing, and it was to distract herself that she attempted a conversational tone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Korean language has no fewer than six different levels of conversational address, depending on the relationship between the addressee and the addresser: formal deference, informal deference, blunt, familiar, intimate, and plain. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “His conversational powers were extraordinary,” a friend said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When Tom Gau and I sat across from each other in his office, then, we almost immediately fell into physical and conversational harmony. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s the dumbest conversational plan I have ever heard in my life.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Tristran read it to himself, looking for something about which he could begin to talk: a conversational gambit of some kind—any kind. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe he’s in a conversational state,” is all he said, but the lines of his face sagged. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They kept talking—apparently, the ideal level of pleat-fatness is a conversational topic to which hours can be devoted—but I stopped listening as I waited in the Pizza Hut line. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He knew a little conversational Japanese, but chopsticks eluded him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z For that matter, he did not say um, or ah, or use any form of conversational mitigation: his sentences came marching out, one after another, polished and crisp, like soldiers on a parade ground. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Then, Tuesday night in every Muslim temple is Unity Night, where the brothers and sisters enjoy each other’s conversational company and refreshments, such as cookies and sweet and sour fruit punches. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But since written English is more formal than conversational English, anyone who wants to write correctly will have to get a grip on whom. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I nodded knowingly, and that about exhausted our conversational topics. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z From the cowherds and ranch manager he learned some conversational Chinese. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I did not care for this conversational turn. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She should still be sleeping, but my father’s wife drives her to school early four mornings a week for violin lessons and conversational French. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “Where’s your old man now?” he asked in a conversational tone. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Every conversational and epistolary road sign and guide- post that she had held up before the girls pointed to their father’s final, terrible failure. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His smile was not unpersonable, but it was social, or conversational, and related back, however indirectly, to his own ego. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Subsequent research has revealed that it isn’t just gesture that is harmonized, but also conversational rhythm. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m learning that Elisabet’s sudden conversational turns are always for a good reason—usually someone’s safety, probably mine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Two people may arrive at a conversation with very different conversational patterns. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Their profound silence became broken by a conversational gabble. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded his head as though answering a question, and said, in a pleasant conversational tone, a tone of cooled butter, “Always.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe he’s in a conversational state,” is all he said, but the lines of his face sagged. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z You have to talk about something, and money seems to have filled the conversational niche made available when people stopped discussing the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z So Catherine received considerably more from Halifax for her conversational skills than from her very rich uncle. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The solo over, a duet followed, and then a glee: a joyous conversational murmur filled up the intervals. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Her vocal lines flaunt quirks and asymmetries that are simultaneously conversational and strategic. SZA Revels in Mixed Emotions on ‘SOS’ 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z The choppy calls and responses between Ms. Streisand and her partners, however, lack conversational or narrative flow, and you have an uncomfortable sense that the parts were spliced together after the fact. Barbra Streisand’s ‘Partners’ Is a Duets Album 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Comstock is a conversational pop-jazz pianist and singer with impeccable enunciation who observes lyrics from afar and savors their wordplay, but is too fastidious to roll around in emotional mud. Music Review: Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano at Metropolitan Room 2012-10-16T22:16:16Z In 30 brief essays James goes on to tell us — in his most digressive, conversational manner — about the books he’s discovered or returned to quite probably for the last time. Clive James’s ‘Last Readings’ review: A critic’s final homage to literature, life 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z And those are just the conversational bits left on the cutting-room floor. Tory Burch: In the Studio 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z But many dog owners are inclined to bridge that conversational gap, filling in the loaded silences with what they think — what they know — their dog is saying. The voices we make when we pretend our dogs can talk First Jason creates a conversational opener with some real "swipe left" material. "House of the Dragons" introduces the Lannisters before they had game 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z A fascinating eccentric with an unusual dress sense, he was prone to Lee "Scratch" Perry-style flights of conversational fancy. Remembering Rammellzee, a hip-hop pioneer 2010-07-01T15:52:00Z But it’s less the content than their plain conversational style that gets them dismissed as “not real poetry.” Why Rupi Kaur and Her Peers Are the Most Popular Poets in the World 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The differences in conversational styles became evident when participants listened to audio clips in which two people spoke at the same time but were agreeing with each other and stayed on topic, Hilton said. Why do people interrupt? It depends on whom you're talking to 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Guests attended a cocktail reception after the talk, and after future events, they will play a card game with different conversational prompts on them like “What is a Genius?” At These Hotels, Ways to Recharge Your Mind and Your Body 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z She was a very accessible speaker — even her greatest speeches are very conversational, and they’re tied to her kind of homespun, hardscrabble roots. Holland Taylor Plays Ann Richards One Last Time 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z No. It's usually a conversation that's very specific to that person, and the stuff at The Believer is much more conversational than it is technical. | 'Writers at Work: Paris Review Interviews' 2012-09-30T13:00:46Z Some debate experts wonder if this will hurt the event’s flow and cost opportunities for conversational follow-ups. Stakes high for NBC News ahead of 2-night Democratic debate 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The style is conversational, bright and grimly compelling. My Bonnie: How Dementia Stole the Love of my Life by John Suchet; and Keeper: Living with Nancy. A Journey Into Alzheimer's by Andrea Gillies 2010-06-12T23:06:00Z Because the film’s tone is so conversational, and the acting style so naturalistic, many people assume that much of the dialogue is improvised. The Carpetbagger: Adapting Big Questions for the Screen 2013-12-18T22:44:56Z Her conversational arpeggios of gravity and mirth are delivered with such a sparkle that you know she's only half serious. Lorrie Moore 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z Weather patterns, tides, fish, frosts, deer — these can be the favored conversational subjects in rural Maine. Taking to the Woods With Maine’s ‘Tree Tippers’ 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Boskovich sets the tone with a conversational style that enwraps solid scholarship. Review | ‘Lost Transmissions’ tracks down some of the best art you didn’t know existed 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Its narration is intelligent yet conversational; its sophisticated sound design guides us along without being showy or intrusive. The Art of the Impeachment Podcast 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z On many of these vintage tunes, Stevens kept his voice a conversational purr as though trying not to wake the guests in the spare bedroom. Yusuf Islam at the Chicago Theatre: Cat Stevens songs and more 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Kish’s docile, conversational vocal tone, celestial dust beats, and meticulously chic finish made her an overnight darling in the style press. Kilo Kish States Her Name 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Write him conversational e-mails, text him occasionally just to say hello, ask him how work is going, ask how Girlfriend is, reminisce here and there about milestones of his childhood. Carolyn Hax: Be careful not to alienate son who is in a poor relationship 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z If you don’t like card games, or watching people bare their souls, or examining yourself as a person, Uncurated’s brand of prompted conversational self-reflection sounds nightmarish. A wave of super-earnest card games want you to bare your soul on game night 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z He began rapping as a student at Berklee, tinkering with the conversational cadences heard on “More Better” while releasing music on SoundCloud. Cisco Swank ‘Is Black Music. All of It.’ 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z This kind of conversational discursiveness is a key to Sehgal's work. Tino Seghal's Turbine Hall commission: 'Attention is what I work with' 2012-07-16T18:01:00Z Few creative selections kick conversational hornet's nests like a producer's decision to cast a person of color in a role long associated with whiteness. The question isn't why cast a Black Cleopatra but rather why not profile another African queen? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z The tours, as conversational as they are informational, are led by educators who invite visitors to chime in with questions or stories about their own histories of immigration. Things to Do: Cold Spring by Kayak and Living History on the Lower East Side 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z I assumed he would ask if I was married, a common question in these conversational lessons. He Saved His Last Lesson for Me 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z It’s also the only show of its kind entrenched in the now-dominant musical, visual and conversational culture of America today: hip-hop. "Desus & Mero": Perfect late-night viewing for surviving Trump and the supremacy 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z For those who want to gain a conversational command of the language, there’s also an online component. “You have to create the language of the misogynist”: Meet the man who invented Dothraki for “Game of Thrones” 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z It’s a helium performance, in which jokes land lightly, mugging is gentle, and songs are delivered with almost conversational casualness. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z Eggers’s amiable, conversational narrative invites young readers and listeners to imagine the work that went into this impressive project. Review | A new look at the Statue of Liberty and other best children’s books 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z There’s light conversational humor in many stories, reasonably close to jokes your friends might make. The Audio App That’s Transforming Erotica 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z I almost broke with an old schoolfriend, whom I liked a lot, because he cannot get over the conversational point – let’s put it that way – of my recent fame. Christoph Waltz: 'Try as you might, you can never break free from your past' 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z But amid all these conversational and cultural tips, no one offered advice on one of the most basic things of all: how to be silent. Let’s stop talking to our kids: I know communication between parents and children is important, but can we also learn to occasionally shut up? 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z The tone of the book is very conversational. Cyndi Lauper Talks Memoirs, Music—And Seders with Springsteen 2012-09-12T12:00:32Z Mr. Kellso maintained a neatly conversational tone in his solos, sounding mellow but to the point. Music Review: The Ear Regulars, Jazz Group at the Ear Inn, South Village 2010-04-26T22:50:00Z I remember being in a conversational group around Hoffman after the premiere of Charlie Kaufman’s “Synecdoche, New York” at Cannes in 2008. Philip Seymour Hoffman: As great as Bogart? 2014-02-03T13:30:00Z He used his face mask to hype his home state and to indulge in a bit of silent rah-rah sports banter — a favorite, noncontroversial conversational pit stop for the political set. Perspective | Tim Kaine’s tie-dyed bandanna was one of the Senate’s many mask style statements 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z The Beethoven cycle suited Mr. Spence best: it was genial and conversational. Music Review: Toby Spence Sings Beethoven and Mahler at the Frick 2012-11-14T22:29:42Z A shared prophetic dream suggesting that Odysseus will soon be returning and on a rampage of revenge gives the drama a degree of urgency, though there's a dilatory quality to the conversational gambits. 'Penelope' an audacious reimagining of Homer 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z It's a conversational touchstone without veils or filters, rules or conventions. Our group chat is a sacred space to talk openly about being Black in America 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Only a small number of educated young people have anything like conversational English, and many have already left the country for greener pastures. Spanish capital en ruinas 2013-02-19T16:42:00Z Part of his job is to teach social and conversational skills, and Senning breaks it down into three tiers. The weather used to be good for small talk. Now it’s dead serious. 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z I ploughed on, motivated half by an immediate anxiety about filling the conversational gap and half by raw indignation. Language policing and Twitter wars: why modern feminism is failing us (again) 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z There’s Woody, whose conversational gambits include explaining why he’s not “addicted” to Six Flags. Can Handiwork Save Your Soul? A Quiet Novel Suggests It Can 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z British artist Grayson Perry writes an insightful, conversational essay about “Default Man,” the white, middle-class, heterosexual male figure that has become the default identity in Western society. Round-Up: Ancient graffiti, 3-D selfies and Norway's cool abstract money 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Bell had built an impressive reputation as a preacher; he had a conversational style and a knack for making his messages straightforward and appealing, especially to young people. A Megachurch Pastor’s Search for a More Forgiving Faith 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z The mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, whose voice is majestically plush yet somehow always articulate, even conversational, made much of Elizabeth’s hurt and dignity. ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘The Crucible’: Not New, but Darkly Up-to-Date 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z The last time I tried to do that conversational push with my husband, I failed. No Sound, No Fury, No Marriage 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Glick, who will turn 26 next month, was born deaf in his right ear, which affects his balance, singing — “Harmony doesn’t come easy to me” — and physical and conversational ease. Gideon Glick Brings a Bit of Himself to ‘The Few’ 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z The tender scene in which Irene redresses, in both senses, her son’s wounds — he’s tried to kill himself — works exactly as it always does, no matter that it involves a conversational detour to P.S. Review: A ‘Seagull’ Airlifted to a World of Soy Milk and Prada Sneakers 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Her narrations, informative and interesting and conversational without being overly didactic, provided context and a guide to a tradition that I imagine was not familiar even to some of the Chinese members of the audience. Review | Three centuries old, a band finally plays D.C. 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Allison used his cool, clear voice to conversational effect, with an easy blues inflection that harked back to his upbringing in rural Mississippi. Mose Allison, a Font of Jazz and Blues, Dies at 89 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z If you’re used to Elizabeth David, it’s not so strange, but if you’re used to most American recipes, there is something lovely and conversational about them. “We’ve become a food culture” 2012-11-19T12:45:00Z He wrote speechifying soliloquies, conversational duets and chattery trios and quartets. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z And his conversational prose style, which can impart the treacherous delusion that you, reader, might also become a famous novelist if you simply typed up 100 percent of your internal monologue and hit spell-check. Love or Hate Emmanuel Carrère’s Forceful Tangents, They’re Back in ‘Yoga’ 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z This suggests a subtle confluence, conversational and focused at once. The art of public correspondence 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z With toddlers, we do the same, holding up far more than our share of the conversational burden with a sort of narration designed, however unconsciously, to instruct, entertain and repeat key concepts. Motherlode Blog: Mothers Talk Less to Young Daughters About Math 2012-02-24T18:16:48Z The conversational void is then filled by advocates on both sides, who emphasize what Watson calls “extraordinary abortion.” ‘Scarlet A’ Wants Less Shouting About Abortion and More Talking 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Her sentences are often spare and pared down and sculpted, and can feel almost oracular at times, conversational at others. Louise Glück Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Perhaps this notion, combined with the fact that your sister-in-law seems to be initiating all these calls, explains her conversational dominance. When Is It My Turn to Talk?! 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z "Carol" and "Brooklyn" will happily fill you in on the conversational etiquette of ringing up a purchase. Films once were an escape from work. Now, they celebrate it. What gives? 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z It is not only that we composers lack a place at the cultural and political conversational table, but that most of those at said table hardly know we’re there. The Score: The Composer?s Other Voice 2011-05-11T01:57:08Z For instance, in recitative-like passages of arias where vocal lines are punctuated by simple chords, he encouraged conversational delivery by the singers by relaxing the beat. Opera Review: No Beauty Goes Unexplored in ‘La Clemenza di Tito’ 2014-02-17T16:05:54Z The script, written in vivid, conversational language, confirms at least a few of those prejudices. Review: In ‘Dutch Masters,’ Subway Seatmates, So Close and Yet So Far 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z “Rix’s translation is deft, but Szabo’s frank, conversational prose takes a back seat to her sinuous plotting: The novel unspools its secrets over many pages, and the resulting tour de force is taut with suspense.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Rather than driving the genial conversation, he gently swims in the conversational stream with the rest of party. From “A Cook’s Tour” to “Parts Unknown,” Anthony Bourdain made us want to know him 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Their lyrics are conversational — something I haven’t been able to do. David Byrne Likes Reading Aloud to His Friends 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z While there’s scant spectacle — voices rarely rise beyond conversational level — Mr. Horton remains transfixing as he morphs from introspective to lively to frustrated. Review: A Dynamic Actor Redeems ‘Orwell in America’ 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z She collaborated with Misha Glouberman on a book of "conversational philosophy", The Chairs Are Where the People Go, which the New Yorker chose as one of its best books of 2011. Sheila Heti: 'I love dirty books' 2013-01-19T17:30:01Z And if you've heard a more alert, intelligent, conversational, intuitive and responsive accompaniment to a Beethoven concerto, in their performance of the Second Piano Concerto with Paul Lewis, I'll eat my hat. What makes a great conductor? Just watch Andris Nelsons 2010-07-30T16:19:00Z Some viewers won’t find much of anything in “Bob’s Burgers” funny, but in fairness it’s at least partly a question of style — of whether you respond to the show’s minimalist, conversational, antijoke aesthetic. | 'Bob?s Burgers': This Family Restaurant Is All About the People 2011-01-06T22:55:57Z “I’m trying to create a world that is true and truthful. I wanted it to be conversational. Not naturalism, not realism, but a kind of verisimilitude: not real, but truth.” Seeing 2016 election insecurities through the eyes of one family 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z It has been used as an investment framework, a conversational shortcut and, in at least one case, a defining personal identity trait. What Makes a ‘Narrative Violation’? 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z The iambic pentameter isn’t delivered with percussive éclat but spoken with conversational formality. Charles is king, Harry's in trouble and Kate's taking charge in Pasadena Playhouse's royal winner 'King Charles III' 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z She says that her father’s conversational style made it especially hard to make friends. Books of The Times: ?Fiction Ruined My Family,? by Jeanne Darst - Review 2011-09-28T21:54:46Z The seating plan is "antiphonal", with two banks of congregation facing each other; the chapel's layout and acoustic also allows conversational rather than declamatory voices. Bishop Edward King chapel, Ripon College – review 2013-04-27T23:05:48Z “I make lullaby rap music,” she explained recently on Twitter, a description as concise and apt as most of her rapid-fire yet still conversational verses. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z As Craig Jenkins wrote for Vulture, "Nipsey was getting better at his craft, becoming a more pointed storyteller without sacrificing the subtle, unpolished, conversational tone that made him an instrumental voice in Los Angeles rap." Nipsey Hussle's remarkable legacy: Acclaimed rapper never stopped giving back to South L.A. 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z This is the ethos at the center of “Lunch Poems”: not the informal or the conversational for their own sake but rather in the service of something more intentional, more connective, more engaged. Frank O'Hara's 'Lunch Poems' -- at 50 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Although his intentions are noble, in attempting a conversational tone, he alternates between pedantic lecturing, unnecessary personal asides and oddly amateurish declarations as though he were submitting a doctoral thesis. ‘Gay Directors, Gay Films?’ review: Onscreen depiction of sexuality 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, Scholl occasionally opts for self-conscious style over simplicity; his characters face away from one another during conversational exchanges, a device that may be meant to illustrate generalized alienation but that actually undermines emotional connections. A troubled adolescent's downward spiral, and the vortex that pulls down the whole family 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z A handsome volume that "distills the practice of drawing into its essential elements," says the publisher, breaking down "the drawing process into small, manageable lessons taught in a conversational tone." Local Books: classical drawing, jazz interviews 2011-12-05T21:56:06Z Zucker and Harris have an easy, conversational manner that conveys information efficiently but allows for interruptions, disagreements and expressions of emotion. How two professors transformed the teaching of art history 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Vocally, everyone was best when singing in a more conversational than “operatic” dynamic range. A powerful opera about a horrible subject 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z This is life as conversational, musical performance art. Charlyne Yi 2010-08-09T16:29:00Z But the show, emblematic of one version of our “conversation on race,” presumes that the solution is conversational. The Trouble with “White People” 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z His songs were rhapsodic and discursive, polemical and observant — often within the span of a single verse — and his voice could shift from conversational intimacy to full-throated passion just as quickly. ‘For Lucio’ Review: The Voice of Italy for Four Decades 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z This book — written in an earnest, conversational style — is his attempt to grapple with a fresh threat that’s appeared after decades of progress. Imagining What Happens When the Robots Take the Wheel 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z And there are those, like this reporter, whose magpie ambition is to collect random shiny conversational oddments like the one above. Leonardo DiCaprio Impersonators and a $40,000 Radio at Frieze 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Accessibly written in a conversational style – literally, as the entire book is a dialogue between author and an irreverent imaginary interrogator - this is a popular science book that includes puzzles quizzes and experiments too. Steve Cole's top 10 space books 2011-08-10T14:45:06Z "The act of doing magic helps patients work on their motor skills, helps with self-esteem, and even helps them relearn social skills, conversational skills, too." Magician conjures up therapeutic tricks for disabled kids 2011-02-16T22:54:59Z His writing is conversational, and the pacing here is brisk, despite the author’s tendency to repeat salient points about certain clubs and characters. When Rent Was Cheap and Dance Music Reigned 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z But Committed — and to a certain extent, Powell's Cleaving — demonstrates the curse of the conversational writer. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z Also, it helps readers understand themselves and others and develop thinking, writing and conversational skills. Is deep reading becoming a thing of the past? 2011-01-10T16:46:04Z It was as if he had gestured to the conversational matrix we were talking inside of, the one I’d been trying to escape, and said: hey, I see it, too. 'This is small talk purgatory': what Tinder taught me about love 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Where the roar enveloping Sunday night neighbors "Succession" and "Barry" is related to the former's conversational excess and the latter's technical athletics, naturalism distinguishes "Somebody Somewhere." Why we all love "Somebody Somewhere" star Jeff Hiller: "Everybody feels like they're the outsider" 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z Her phrases hopscotch around, full of angular leaps that also feel easy and conversational. Hannah Jadagu Turns Small Moments Into Big Pop Songs 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Bjurman has suave conversational skills, a bureaucratic authoritativeness and the compulsion to manacle and torture the young women in his care. David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Thanks Very Much, But You Really Didn't Have To 2011-12-20T15:00:53Z Horns do not blare, radios do not scream, and pedestrians, when they talk, keep their voices at conversational level. Norway in the offseason: Overcast and underappreciated 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Frisell shares the melody with Clayton and Gregory Tardy on tenor saxophone; each of them departs from the tune in brief, conversational asides before returning to what sounds like a fond, shared reminiscence. Paramore Steps Into a New Era, and 8 More New Songs 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z They are the conversational mainstay of fitness bores, who see food as fuel and wish meals came in pill form. Kitchen gadgets review: Nutribullet – the conversational mainstay of fitness bores 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Other performers seem to switch between conversational lightness of singing and operatic heft in mid-song. | 'The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess': Bess Claims Top Billing in New Version of Gershwins? Classic 2011-09-01T13:17:56Z The band mixed and matched musical idioms with conversational ease, from the reggae treatment of Gerry Rafferty’s “Right Down the Line” to the West African feel of the guitars in “Come to Me.” Concert review: Bonnie Raitt at Chicago Theatre 2012-05-20T06:10:00Z But two nights later, when Robert Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, Vanocur struck a different and less conversational tone. Robert F. Kennedy’s final flight: The storied journey of the ride from California to New York 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Witherspoon takes the conversational lead, Aniston gamely backs her up, Witherspoon makes the concluding statement. Jennifer Aniston: 'A lot of guys are narcissists. They think every woman wants to sleep with them' 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Every conversational snippet I heard was about Donald Trump—a fair enough microcosm of the political cycle so far. The Beginning of a Goodbye to Obama 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z A white savior idiot who overhears that remark disagrees, blowing up this miniature conversational faux pas between two people of color into an All Lives Matter war crime. On "Atlanta," Van partied for every Black woman exhausted with being overlooked 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Her voice is upfront, recorded to sound natural and unaffected, with all its grain and conversational quirks. SZA’s Songs Face Desire in All Its Complications 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z If anything, said Trebek: "IBM sees Watson more like the computer in Star Trek" – able, in other words, to comprehend questions posed in conversational language and answer likewise. Meet Watson, the computer set to beat Jeopardy's champions 2011-02-06T00:05:33Z Or drop by the local school, and you may find an English teacher delighted to practice conversational skills. Where to Go to Understand the World in 2012 2012-01-06T17:19:35Z It’s a bit of a narrative slow-boil — the story arrives in pieces, in disconnected scenes and conversational fragments — but it grabs you right from the start. Review: In ‘The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki,’ Love and Life on the Ropes 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z But modern celebrity is built on this kind of shareability, and her ease in these spaces is a primary driver of her success, in addition to a writing style that’s highly conversational and accessible. The Inevitability of Ice Spice 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Still, the conversational prose would have benefited from being pruned of cliches. ‘Lonely Boy’ review: Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones riffs on an era of theft, drugs and punk 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Avishai's conversational study mixes memoir, historically contextualised analysis of themes such as Jewish identity and psychoanalysis, and sparely illuminating comments from Roth himself. Non-fiction roundup – reviews 2012-08-24T07:00:04Z “This is a real soap opera,” she says in the introduction, an attempt to boil the first three “Ring” operas down to a few conversational minutes. Think Outside the Opera House, and Inside the Parking Garage 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z We were approaching some convergence point, when all Burt’s interests, from poetry to pop to cross-dressing to sci-fi, collided in one echt-Burt conversational exchange. The Education Issue: Stephen Burt, Poetry’s Cross-Dressing Kingmaker 2012-09-16T00:17:27Z Former colleagues recall his Gatling gun conversational style and boundless energy. Up Close: Notoriety in a Tight Embrace 2010-06-09T23:12:00Z He didn’t just spin legato lines in the searching, conversational Nocturne; he expounded entire legato paragraphs in an eloquent, unbroken stream of consciousness. Review: When the Philharmonic Applauds the Soloist 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z His company of performers, a mix of professionals and amateurs, speak Shakespearean verse with conversational ease, and we can always understand what they’re saying and what they mean. Theater Review: ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost,’ at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Fest 2012-07-31T22:20:55Z She’s known for her ambling, conversational flow and for kicking around heavy subjects like abortion and gun violence in a light, almost childlike voice, often over gospel-driven chord progressions. Things to do This Weekend: Free Arts in Parks! 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “The way she banters with an audience between songs, in a very conversational way — that only increases her appeal, especially in this world of Instagram, where people are so careful with the image they project.” Adele, Music’s Comet, Returns With ‘30.’ How Bright Will It Burn? 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z She graphically recalled their sexual encounters — so graphically and in such conversational detail that some reviewers questioned the memoir’s veracity and suggested that she should have written a fictionalized narrative instead. Margaux Fragoso, Memoirist Who Wrote Hauntingly of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 38 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Her most recent work is even more accessible, conversational and bold — guest-editing Aperture’s special issue devoted to the photography of the black experience. Celebrating Black Culture With a Careful Eye 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Such questions are tendered by Mr. Williams’s gruff tiger in an offhand, conversational tone that considerably lightens their weightiness. | 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo': Ghostly Beast Burning Bright in Iraq 2011-04-01T02:01:01Z In December 2020, Microsoft filed a patent for “Creating a conversational chat bot of a specific person,” which could be used in tandem with a “2-D or 3-D model of a specific person.” What Should Happen to Our Data When We Die? 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z It's her means, her method, her chosen form of conversational naturalness, but her palette of intentions is much wider. The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman ? review 2011-04-10T01:00:02Z It was confrontational and conversational in ways that mainstream pop albums, at least ones made by women, weren’t and still aren’t. ‘Guyville’ at 25: Liz Phair’s career-defining album still defines her. For better or worse. 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z In more than 20 volumes of poetry, Mr. Berkson developed a freewheeling, idiosyncratic style that could be, by turns, conversational, epigrammatic, elliptical, whimsical and surreal. Bill Berkson, Poet and Art Critic of ’60s Manhattan In-Crowd, Dies at 76 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The supporting cast does well by Ms. Anderson’s conversational, expletive-laced dialogue, in which the possibilities of barbaric invasion and divine intervention are regarded as everyday possibilities. Review: Glenn Close Raises a Saint in ‘Mother of the Maid’ 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z “How to Skimm Your Life” is billed as a casual, conversational primer on adulthood. Do millennial women really need the book ‘How to Skimm Your Life’? Give us more credit. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z “Trans Bodies, Trans Selves,” Oxford University Press, May: Encyclopedic but conversational book that harkens back to the feminist health resource “Our Bodies, Ourselves.” Books for parents, kids, teens on LGBTQ experience 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Mr. McClatchy’s verse rendering, not needing to fit the melody, has conversational and poetic punch, though it also leaves out the reference to Heaven: Betray me? Critic?s Notebook: How Opera Challenges Translators 2010-12-24T21:45:45Z A conversational composition with glinting winds recalling French impressionism, plus lively marimba, vibraphone and Latin percussion, the piece avoids the long, virtuoso displays typical of many concertos, and integrates piano and orchestra well. Chick Corea and Seattle Symphony meld jazz and classical music with a dazzling performance 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Responses to this question form a conversational thread that runs through the Rubin show. Art Review: ‘Radical Terrain’ at the Rubin Museum of Art 2012-12-27T20:03:54Z The Benefit, in Dollars, of Raising a Child Over on the Bucks blog, Nadia Taha has started a fantastic conversational furor with her post "The Cost, in Dollars, of Raising a Child." Motherlode Blog: The Benefit, in Dollars, of Raising a Child 2012-11-14T20:21:49Z Axl is their oldest child, a monosyllabic teenager who meets every conversational sally with either a grunt or an appalled look of disbelief. The Middle 2010-08-31T07:00:00Z They want to be able to watch television and enjoy the fireplace, but they aren’t sure how to configure a conversational seating area around all of the doors in the room. How to create a living room where the TV isn’t the focal point 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The latest revisions range from the technical to the conversational, to better inform and reflect daily dialogue during the global health crisis. Merriam-Webster adds new coronavirus-related words, updates definitions amid pandemic 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Its advanced natural language capabilities also mean it understands and responds in a more conversational way. Can ChatGPT Plan Your Vacation? Here’s What to Know About A.I. and Travel. 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Clark confessed that she did not meet her quarantine goals of learning conversational Italian or writing a tour bus cookbook, but she did read some books about the gulag. St. Vincent Is Trying to Understand People 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z These supplicants—typically high-spirited young men intoxicated by Wallace’s fusion of complex ideas and forms with an apparently loose-limbed conversational prose style—were certainly enthusiastic. David Foster Wallace and the Perils of “Litchat” 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z The private tech firm focuses in conversational commerce, and will give Yum! Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC to take orders via text, social media 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The key is to keep the tone conversational and don’t let it turn into a lecture. When kids grow up: How to support adult children without hovering 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Much of it is pitched at a conversational murmur that asks you to lean in and listen. Theater Review: David Auburn Stages ‘Anna Christie’ in the Berkshires 2013-08-26T21:24:04Z Like the weather, the pabulum of conversational palate cleansers. Aging in place: Many of us feel way older than we did just weeks ago 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Q: Your writing style is very conversational, yet you also quote people like James Baldwin and W.E.B. Review | Gabrielle Union on why she speaks so openly about rape in her new book 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Michael, who speaks in the conversational idioms of Ruth’s generation, is just as wry, self-conscious and understated as she is. Review: In ‘Lace Crater,’ Regretting That Tryst With a Ghost 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Through the conversational attention of parents, children acquire a sense of enduring connectedness and a habit of talking about their feelings, rather than simply acting on them. Sherry Turkle’s ‘Reclaiming Conversation’ 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z She is conversational, self-depreciating and often seems to be confessing, without ever really yielding embarrassing details. A Cooking Blog Yields a Franchise and a Husband 2012-12-12T19:11:10Z "I'm singing to the ladies but I'm working for the fellas," he announced during "Share My Life," one of several tunes extended with conversational banter. Kem keeps things classy, stylish at Auditorium 2011-03-27T14:13:34Z It was, like all decent chamber music, conversational. SCO/Anderszewski – review 2013-02-24T17:30:01Z However, as a kind of gauzy inspiration, these guides provide aspirational guideposts and conversational fodder. Stockholm, and the Strangers Who Brought Me There 2012-06-15T18:37:54Z White’s tone is conversational, and while his style is readable and the information is intriguing, the reader is tempted to wonder, “Why bother?” What Edmund White Thinks You Should Read 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z In autobiographical songs and anecdotes that focus on his complicated relationship with his family, he tells a story of suffering, regret, despair and hope in a conversational tone with a playful touch. The one-man musical 'The Lion' leaps to the L.A. stage with songs of regret and hope 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z In her writings, which appeared in magazines including the New Yorker and the Atlantic Monthly, Ms. Perillo coupled the observational rigor of a field researcher with a conversational language all her own. Lucia Perillo, poet who unflinchingly dissected mortality, dies at 58 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Participants, who range in age from 13 to 25, meet virtually for online conversational practice and cross-cultural connection. Ukrainian-born American woman says 'innocent people are dying' in Ukraine 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z When this smart, complicated storyteller sings, you don’t pay attention to the notes as much as you follow the performance’s conversational flow. Review: Carolyn Montgomery-Forant, Back on the Cabaret Stage With Stories and Laughter 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Viewers may recognize Ms. Sohn from HBO’s “The Wire,” and while “The Chi” is a very different show, it shares some of that drama’s conversational sense of humor. Review: In ‘The Chi,’ a Young Man Dies, and the Ripples Spread 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The plan was that while making the rounds in Venice I would select individual works of art and write a brief conversational introduction to each that would conclude with a few questions. ArtsBeat: Art Critic Meets a Tough Crowd 2011-06-15T19:01:58Z Of course, there's one surefire way to avoid any conversational indiscretions. The Cost Of Indiscretion 2011-02-02T23:00:00Z People pluck produce to eat or toss or use to illustrate a conversational point. Lily Rabe in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ in Central Park 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The caller is Mr. Nelson, onstage, who engages his doppelgänger in gently batty conversational Ping-Pong. Music Review: In ‘No Hotel,’ the Screen Is a Star Onstage 2013-09-08T21:49:16Z As was the case in “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?,” the writing in “Why Not Me?” is conversational and punchy, and the subjects are wide-ranging. Mindy Kaling’s new book ‘Why Not Me?’ reads like . . . Mindy Kaling 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z But he and Ripa struggled to establish as easy a conversational rhythm as she had with, for instance, Austin, Texas, deejay Bobby Bones the day before. Eric Ferguson fills in for Regis on morning show 2011-01-28T00:34:57Z The new album, like Parx’s best hits, is playful and conversational, blending pop, R&B and traces of rap with plenty of Grande-esque high notes. Tayla Parx Helped Ariana Grande Evolve. Now It’s Her Turn. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Though delivered in an effortless conversational style, her comedy has the meticulous detail that can come only from repetition and experience. Jen Kirkman Finds Material in the Single Life in ‘I’m Gonna Die Alone’ 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Toledo didn’t chat much with the crowd, instead offering one-liners that are synonymous with his conversational blend of music. Car Seat Headrest bursts to life at Black Cat 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Kaling talks as if she were offscreen, writing her lines in the act of speaking them and delivering them with conversational and colloquial emphases and inflections. “Late Night,” Reviewed: Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling’s Incisive Comedy about the Gender Politics of TV 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z His voice was perfectly modulated, rarely rising above the conversational, and his gestures were neat, precise and measured. Letter: Richard Griffiths was a brilliant Bottom for the RSC 2013-04-14T15:36:26Z Appropriately, her conversational style is a little bit regent, a little bit rank and file. Gwendoline Christie: ‘Playing Brienne of Tarth changed my life. I feel emotional’ 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z But there is also a lightness of touch to his wheezily conversational delivery, which is punctuated by small shrieks of laughter. A life in writing: Les Murray 2010-11-22T00:05:00Z A skilled lyricist with a gift for vivid imagery and a powerful singer, she makes her every gesture feel conversational, intimate, off-the-cuff. Jill Scott: No sugarcoating, even when the White House calls 2011-07-28T15:27:00Z Apologising is surely on her CV now, right in the spot where people usually put “conversational French”, and “hobbies: socialising”. Michelle Rodriguez quits apologising and goes for full-frontal defiance 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z "Sheezus" connects because it's more conversational than confrontational, a personal statement that dabbles in pop rather than trying to embody the pop moment. Lily Allen returns with anti-diva pop 2014-05-02T19:38:00Z Because the text is not simply a catalogue of terror; it is a conversational call to action, an urging to rewrite our definition of White manhood and diminish the power it holds. Ijeoma Oluo’s ‘Mediocre’ dissects white supremacy in America. She’d rather be writing about something else. 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z However I’m working on the premise that you are exploring the prospect on a more tentative, conversational level and if so I’m happy to discuss. Life has nothing to offer – should I bow out now? | Mariella Frostrup 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z As I thought about what makes our bond through a conversational thread so strong, it's because it's not trying to be. Our group chat is a sacred space to talk openly about being Black in America 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z “Listeners’ own conversational styles influence whether they interpret simultaneous, overlapping talk as interruptive or cooperative. Why do people interrupt? It depends on whom you're talking to 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The people in the audience, many of whom had spent countless hours locked in conversational combat with Mr. Breitbart, laughed long and hard at that one. The Life and Death of Andrew Breitbart 2012-04-13T23:02:42Z All she has to do is stand on the stage and talk in a mild conversational voice and do that split. Cabaret Review: A ?Dynasty? Diva Regales Us With Her Own Life Stories 2010-11-23T23:59:00Z The acting style is strikingly conversational — Abraham clearly wanted to be part of the whole, and the company achieves a casual and egalitarian fluidity of very rare clarity and consistency. Abraham makes 'Merchant' a memorable show 2011-03-18T21:06:11Z The 64-year-old says the book, written in a sometimes salty conversational style with music journalist Alan Light, represents his most honest and open discussion of his life. Love, family, drugs: Gregg Allman tells it all 2012-05-07T13:12:48Z “La Sapienza,” quiet and conversational as it seems, is a passionate defense of — and perhaps also an elegy for — an old and dignified ideal of civilization. Review: In Eugène Green’s ‘La Sapienza,’ a Search of Ideals of Civilization 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z But what makes it great is that it handles small conversational duels as well as its epic battles. Here Are the Best TV Shows of 2014 (So Far) 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Create conversational areas by grouping seating and accent tables for groups of 2-5 people, like you'll see throughout our idea house in Asheville, North Carolina. Backyards from A-Z 2010-09-03T05:52:00Z He made stylish turns of phrase and folksy flourishes seem conversational and offhand. Here’s Why Norm Macdonald Was Comedy Royalty. It’s Not ‘S.N.L.’ 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Understanding that it’s not your boyfriend’s problem besides being a conversational nuisance will free him to ignore it. Carolyn Hax: Accepting Dad unconditionally, hard-wired opinions and all 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Victims who were employed at investment firms across the country are expected to testify about the letters, which included language that was demanding, conversational and violent all at the same time. Man called 'Bishop' mail bomber to defend self 2012-04-23T01:22:00Z On the other hand, the strength of "The View" has long rested in its ability to strike a liberal-leaning centrist conversational tone that combines disparate paradigms, often with volatility and good humor. A farewell to harms: Meghan McCain exits "The View" but may have tainted it forever 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Glass's scoring includes oriental instruments – the Chinese pipa, the Japanese shakuhachi – alongside flute, cello and percussion, and the vocal lines are spare and conversational. The Sound of a Voice – review 2012-08-24T15:26:02Z There are parts that are like journal entries, letters, parts that are really conversational. "Survival Math" author Mitchell Jackson reckons with his "All-American" life 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z I’m conversational with some of them, but not to others. Why Paul Theroux Loves Cape Cod 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Not only is Mr. Seinfeld playing a smaller room than he usually does on tour, which benefits his conversational style, but he’s also giving a rougher-around-the-edges performance. Meet a Looser, More Personal Seinfeld 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Makan sets the text with striking sensitivity to when a moment demands conversational naturalness or supple lyricism. Review: ‘Persona,’ an Opera Based on the Ingmar Bergman Film 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z His flow is syrupy, often swallowing syllables but not the vérité imagery and frisky, conversational tone that make some of his best lyrics sound like direct, mettle-testing addresses. A Trip Home With Moneybagg Yo, Trap’s New Ambassador 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Annie is funny and some of her friends are funny, so there’s plenty of conversational silliness — jokes made for other characters’ benefit and not for the audience’s. Review: The Find-Yourself Beauty of ‘Shrill’ 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z At one point, Williams' attempts for a more conversational interaction broke down when De Niro stymied him. Brian Williams, De Niro square off at Tribeca 2011-04-24T01:16:04Z With most conversational exchanges you get an "added extra" like the free little biscuit you sometimes get with a cappuccino in a fancy coffee place. My hero: Maeve Binchy by Marian Keyes 2012-08-03T21:55:15Z Half a block up, the quiet, introspective Agora draws in a conversational crowd, thanks to a no-live-music policy. 36 Hours in Basel, Switzerland 2014-01-23T16:48:12Z Her voice was so conversational, so direct and funny and true; her fictional friends were like the friends I had, loyal and exasperating and there for you through thick or thin. Marvin Gaye, the Venona Project and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z They’re still getting to know one another—making conversational sallies, seeking to befriend or impress or charm. Garth Greenwell on Transitional Spaces and the Burden of Action 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z The conversational tone of the emails creates its own form of pathos. Cancer Haunts a Composer’s Life and Work 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Asked a question, Mr. Cohen was as chipper and responsive as ever, as if some strong autopilot kicked in when his usual conversational responses needed a break. The Six Degrees of Andy Cohen 2011-01-07T22:42:55Z But those words should describe your emotional state, not your conversational one. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Is it a problem that we never have anything to say to each other? 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Lorr balances the doom with a conversational style and occasional dark humor. Review | Our food shopping habits have human and environmental costs. ‘The Secret Life of Groceries’ adds them up. 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Last week’s sentimental reunion of NBC’s beloved “Parks and Recreation” cast for a special episode, told entirely in a Zoom-like conversational format, became an instant classic of the era. Perspective | Stars are working to stay afloat with Zoom and improvised efforts. But it’ll never match TV’s liveliness. 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z When Mrs. Obama later sat for her portrait, Ms. Sprung said, their rapport was easy and conversational. Official Obama Portraits Are Finally Being Unveiled at the White House 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z He’s also hilarious with comic asides, giving as much gusto to small conversational quirks as to heart-rending confrontations. Television Review: R. Kelly’s ‘Trapped in the Closet’ on IFC 2012-11-22T22:48:45Z Carrère’s likable style isn’t just conversational, it’s openly confessional. Review | We blog, we tweet, we post to Facebook: Let’s instead savor the art of the essay 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Her tone remains mostly conversational, but when he asks if she can stay on the line, she says no and “see you soon” and hangs up. Most important thing on TV this year could be this Super Bowl PSA 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z It’s conversational and spare, with Price on acoustic guitar. The Unstoppable, Unsinkable, Uninhibited Margo Price 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z For a second I thought we had dodged it, but no, death still waits in every conversational crack. How do I explain death of our cat to my two-year-old? | Eva Wiseman 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z I bet your husband is less troubled by these conversational gambits than you. Social Q’s: Hello, Dear ‘Friend’? 2013-04-18T18:51:42Z He specialized in creating a literal and conversational haze and then finding his way toward a story, usually couched in some amusing, self-deprecating remarks. Alexander Chancellor’s Laugh 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Lines like “Heave in, ye lymphatic scalawags” are not exactly conversational. Review: ‘SeaWife’ Is a Doleful Fairy Tale About Whaling 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Grammar: The language of this is pretty complex and intricate and conversational, so I think they’ve made a wise decision to try to make sure the audience hears it. Kelsey Grammer and Christine Ebersole take the L.A. Opera stage for 'Candide' 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Landes’s voice is quiet, flush with breath, almost conversational, but powerfully anchored, and it filled the room. Dawn Landes, Barefoot at Lincoln Center 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z The book has a conversational grass-roots tone, and for travelers there is the bonus of featured shops, bars and restaurants, complete with histories and interviews. Books: Portraits on the Page of Paris, London and Venice 2014-04-17T17:20:24Z Neither Mr. Turnage nor Mr. Moore knew what to expect at the 1988 premiere in Munich, but the audience adored the conversational, often foul-mouthed lyrics and the musical melding of brashness and lyricism. The Orchestra Brawls in a ‘Beer and Pizza’ Oedipus Opera 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z “But I have to change my approach somewhat. The way I deliver the material is different -- it’s less conversational and more presentational.” Jimmy Kimmel's move to SXSW pays off in barbecue and viewership 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z In his dozens of lithographic likenesses of hometown friends — he likened the series to a patchwork quilt — the sitters, accompanied by conversational quotations, look casually but distinctly regal. 10 Galleries to Visit Now on the Lower East Side 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z His casual conversational tone, one he'd relax into with the help of a sated belly warmed by a few beverages, is largely gone from his narration. From “A Cook’s Tour” to “Parts Unknown,” Anthony Bourdain made us want to know him 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Spencer's drumming is conversational, swaying with his father's sentiments rather than anchoring them. Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and son Spencer perform songs from 'Sukierae' 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z This tends to result in some combination of the following: a conversational lecture, a demonstration of something, a handful of video clips and, finally, a question-and-answer session. Charlie Sheen, "Deadliest Catch Live" herald new brand of onstage entertainment 2011-04-04T20:45:13Z “Like a Rolling Stone” was scaled back from a triumphal rant into a more reflective conversational monologue. Music Review: Barb Jungr Interprets Dylan at Metropolitan Room - Review 2011-10-19T23:01:02Z For some reason, he decides he needs to wear sunglasses in all of his in-person interviews as if to mimic the conversational barrier his telemarketing phone once provided. Scam Likely: The scruffy "Telemarketers" asks us to pay attention to those calls we'd rather ignore 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Speaking to Anderson Cooper, Ms. Daniels was direct and conversational. How Stormy Daniels Out-Trumped Trump 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z “As a child, I was on d’Artagnan’s side,” he said in a speech at once elegant and conversational. Dany Laferrière, a Guardian of French, Joins the Académie Française 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Even hoary institutions such as “Meet the Press” contrive conversational scuffles. John McLaughlin: The man who pumped up the volume on political talk shows 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z A total of 750 exceptions, as it turned out — hence the diplomat’s reliable conversational gambit: “How do you like your Sargent drawing?” Review | John Singer Sargent didn’t just paint the 1 percent. There was another, less-known side to his art. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Feathery and conversational, her cadence wends through fizzy, warm production. Up Close: Kilo Kish Leverages Her Talent Into a Blossoming Career - Up Close 2012-12-19T21:38:57Z People continue to talk at a conversational pitch more than they scream and shout, and the human instinct is to pretend that one is behaving rationally even when all evidence is to the contrary. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z His style was informed but conversational, erudite but never pedantic; he displayed none of the typical autodidact’s flaunting of his own hard-won knowledge. Ronald Blythe, Scribe of the English Countryside, Dies at 100 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The politics of competitive parochialism has always been far more lucrative to politicians than what they dismiss as a salon conversational subject: freedom of speech. India must move beyond book-burning 2010-10-21T14:10:00Z Ruffin: That just naturally happened because I knew I wanted it to be conversational. Amber Ruffin's hilariously horrifying book about everyday racism shows this is indeed who we are 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Kershaw's narration sounded just as relaxed and conversational as his interactions, and the programme was knitted together with some splendid plucky music. A week in radio: Andy Kershaw 2012-10-11T19:30:02Z Their vocal lines, though conversational, move slowly, expanding into drawn-out melodic turns that seem curiously tentative. ‘The Passenger’ at the Park Avenue Armory 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Going back to basics -- dropping the contestants in the middle of nowhere with a canteen and their conversational skills -- is the best way to get the show back on track. Sandra wins "Survivor," but can the show be saved? 2010-05-17T12:35:00Z I'm an old woman and my show is very conversational. Bettye LaVette, Karrin Allyson coming to Jazz Alley 2010-07-09T21:54:00Z Nothing is more unnerving than predictions of an apocalypse delivered by a reasonable person in friendly, conversational tones. Movie Review: ?Last Call at the Oasis,? a Documentary About Water Supplies 2012-05-03T23:00:12Z What Block learned there and the people he met there form the heart of this conversational, irresistibly entertaining account of a literary apprenticeship in the late 1950s and early ’60s. Review | Lawrence Block and P.G. Wodehouse: How two prolific writers found their voices 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z The language of that piece was florid, even lyrical, so the new one is far more conversational. Exploring That Old Knee-Slapper, Suicide 2011-01-06T22:13:28Z I, for one, am not sure I am knowledgeable enough to appreciate the difference between 600 milliseconds and 100 milliseconds in a conversational pause. How Language Came to Be — and How We Use It Today 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z One of his noticeable legacies is the presence of movable chairs instead of bolted benches in places like Bryant Park, encouraging people to gather in companionable, conversational knots of their choosing. ‘American Urbanist,’ a Well-Timed Biography of a Man Who Reshaped City Life 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Which, as these things go, is a respectable conversational opener. A Critic’s Tour of Literary Manhattan 2012-12-14T17:13:34Z She does remember her conversational Dothraki: it gets her rope handcuffs cut off and an offer of a great place to live out her days. Let the Flayings Begin! “Game of Thrones” Returns 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Written as a sequence of three-line stanzas, it is deeply narrative, even conversational: a poem stripped of poetic language, as if Hirsch couldn't bear such fripperies. Edward Hirsch's ode to a lost son 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z At Rookie, the conversational tone was refreshing and radical to encounter. Rookie Brought the Inclusive Spirit of Zines to the Internet Era 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z There’s nothing quite like being in the middle of a successful “Ring,” with that sudden transition from ferocious conversational buzz at intermission to rapt silence the moment the music starts. Setting the night on fire: ‘Walküre’ at Seattle Opera 2013-08-06T17:00:08Z The first five are concerned with a golden retriever’s foray into professional athletics, not conversational English, but the sequels see the dog’s offspring using their words to eventually explore space. A Dog’s Purpose? To Speak on Film, So to Speak 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Sure enough, it became the headline, but she says now that she meant it to be conversational rather than confrontational. Mindy Kaling: 'I wasn't considered attractive or funny enough to play myself' 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Instead, he’s a conversational lyricist, who sings in spoken sentences, massaged into melody. Review: ‘Big Baby D.R.A.M.’ Finds a Rapper-Singer in Whimsy Mode 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The writing is not only deep and philosophical, but approachable and conversational. Simon Critchley on football, philosophy and his new book 'What We Think About When We Think About Soccer' 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z He is well informed, breezy and conversational in tone, and full of fascinating anecdotes, often in sparkling footnotes. Creation: The Origin of Life; The Future of Life, by Adam Rutherford – review 2013-04-06T14:00:01Z She writes with breezy, conversational ease, your BFF just chilling with you over a few double bourbons. Review | ‘Swan Dive’ gives voice to every suspicion you may harbor about professional ballet 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Observed over the first week of the festival, when his workdays can easily stretch beyond 12 hours, his meetings were conversational yet efficient and never ran more than a half-hour. The ‘Prince of Opera’ Bids Munich Farewell 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Gilbert is a highly conversational writer — a blessing if you are in the memoir business. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z The coming-out drama forms part of a new book by Riyadh, an Irish YouTuber and broadcaster, whose bright, conversational guide to being a young gay man – Yay! My gay son: 'The family said we should send him to Syria for conversion therapy' 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z He simply feels entitled not to wait his conversational turn. How Fox News created a new culture of idiots 2012-10-28T12:00:00Z Sometimes this blurring assumes the coziest conversational forms. Theater Review | 'A Lie of the Mind': Home Is Where the Soul Aches 2010-02-19T04:40:00Z Since "The Late Late Show" has returned to the studio in August – and the audience still has not – Crabbe said that the writing had to become much more conversational. How late night adjusted – and became weirder and more creative – after a pandemic year 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z Culture and art are conversational spaces: I'm not the fat controllor. Richard Wentworth, sculptor – portrait of the artist 2013-06-11T16:06:23Z Hersh’s language is vivid and conversational, as descriptive and elliptical as her own music. “No one can live with this much pain and anger, it’s gonna kill me”: Throwing Muses’ Kristin Hersh on Vic Chesnutt’s suicide, PTSD and why songwriters are “pretty broken” 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Where “Nightingale” differs is in a less melodramatic climax, easier conversational flow and radically altered path to the same poignant conclusion. What the heart desires in Tennessee Williams' 'Eccentricities of a Nightingale' in Venice 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z He just gets Thomas Cromwell and is gruff and conversational, which comes across well. On my radar: Jon Boden's cultural highlights 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z Her voice favors a deep, pliant, conversational tone rather than showy diva gestures, though on “Bravado” she floated effortlessly into a higher register. Lorde reigns at Aragon 2014-03-19T05:37:00Z “Home” is a rambling, conversational book, but it carries at its heart a strong conviction: that prehistoric Britain organised itself from the “bottom up”, as the author puts it, starting with the family. Pride of place 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z In his former life, he used to enjoy a good conversational ruck and the satisfaction of a perfectly pitched punch line. Tony Nicklinson: 'I have a fear of living like this when I am old and frail' 2012-06-23T21:04:49Z His songs took on a conversational tone, where his brief monologues made it sound like he was talking one-one-one to each listener, as he dispensed advice and bended-knee confessions. Concert review: Bobby Womack at Brilliant Corners festival 2012-09-24T04:52:00Z “Ohhhhhh-K boomer” is a conversational refrain, Said by voice or tweet, a short and sweet Way to show Millennial disdain! Style Invitational Week 1361: 2020 vision: The year in preview 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z It’s an odd conversational mannerism, but one that is charming and perhaps even necessary for any celebrity to maintain a certain semblance of sanity. Art Garfunkel’s greatest interview ever: “Paul and Artie can be very squirmy around each other” 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Ocean, 24, is an extremely unflashy songwriter, avoiding big proclamations and broad brush strokes, instead leaning on conversational gambits and the power of detail. Arts & Leisure: Frank Ocean’s ‘Channel Orange’ 2012-07-04T17:31:15Z At times, she takes on a conversational tone, recounting details as though sharing gossip with the audience; at others, such as on Devil's Spoke, she repeats mantras with an incantatory power. Laura Marling | Pop review 2010-03-25T23:30:00Z Anne does so much with her conversational style. Talking with J. Robert Lennon about Okey-Panky 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z It also captures his genial, appealingly geeky appearance – all beard and glasses and waving hands – and entertainingly rambling conversational style. Andy Stanton's 'cult humour for kids' 2011-07-05T11:48:22Z Given this, it's quite difficult to see how Julian Hall in the Independent could call the book "a conversational and occasionally coy memoir". Book review roundup: The Outsider, Perfect and Bitter Experience Has Taught Me 2013-06-28T17:00:01Z Of course this dynamic makes you feel bad, L. H. Our mothers are supposed to care about us, but this conversational tic of your Mommie Dearest seems to point in the opposite direction. Social Q?s: It?s All About My Mother 2011-05-05T19:03:45Z But it is Hall's masterful, conversational approach to the electric guitar that sets him apart. Guitarist Jim Hall masterful at Jazz Alley Thursday 2011-03-18T20:32:04Z Her singing style here is often conversational and, on occasion, appropriately whiny. Theater Review: ‘The Memory Show,’ at the Duke Theater 2013-05-10T17:35:52Z In style, however, Ms. Diller belonged to a previous era: She was less conversational and confessional. ArtsBeat: Phyllis Diller and Her Comic Craft 2012-08-22T16:23:43Z She described her family as incredibly talkative, so growing up, she got used to a high-intensity conversational style. Why do people interrupt? It depends on whom you're talking to 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The network said Thursday that O'Brien will be host of a conversational ensemble show from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. CNN remaking morning lineup with Soledad O'Brien 2011-11-03T15:13:11Z The pitfalls for women’s political language come at every level, from tone of voice to word-choice to the topics of conversation to conversational styles. War of words 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The idea is to be conversational and offhand, so the guys improvise part of the time — but winging it doesn’t always work. Character assassination among friends in ‘Winners and Losers’ 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z "The judges decided that his conversational style was in fact grammatically sound," said organisers. 'Illiterate' letter wins campaigning professors an award for bad grammar 2013-05-03T10:18:21Z Deng apologizes often for his English, though he is fluent in two Chinese dialects and conversational in English. Serving up 'the joy of the koi' 2011-06-10T04:59:34Z Despite its unassuming, conversational ethos — which is also to say by means of Ms. Varda’s staunchly democratic understanding of her job as a filmmaker — “Faces Places” reveals itself as a powerful, complex and radical work. Review: Agnès Varda and JR Travel in the Present, Glancing at the Past 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z In New York, Arendt’s intellectual acuity and conversational punch swiftly translated into social cachet. The Philosopher in Dark Times 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z But these two may have proved the stars wrong: Self-professedly “effervescent” Ella, it seems, ended up pulling the lion’s share of conversational weight. Date Lab: ‘I feel like we vibed’ 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z While he has the same charming smile and supremely relaxed conversational style, he sounds different here: melancholy, earnest and poetic, direct. Jerrod Carmichael Comes Out in a Riveting Special That’s About So Much More 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Indeed, the conversational interplay of Thursday's performances heightened the music's expressive power, drawing the listener more fully into its elegance, refinement and singing lines. Mitsuko Uchida's makes for eloquent Mozart with CSO 2011-01-28T18:48:33Z Narrated by the avant-garde musician Laurie Anderson in a vocal timbre that blends her performance mode with a more conversational one, this film is informative and often fascinating. ‘Sisters With Transistors’ Review: How Women Pioneered Electronic Music 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z No matter how wretched the song’s mood — or how generous, as in “You Inspire Me” and “Long Limbed Girl” — Mr. Lowe sang carefully, borrowing Nat King Cole’s nearly conversational control and ’s sweet melodic curlicues. Music Review: Once Cruel to Be Kind, Now Soft to Be True 2010-10-22T23:39:00Z I like to keep my sets somewhat conversational, so I don’t practice them aloud or anything. Five Seattle Comedians vying for a chance to appear on NBC's ‘Last Comic Standing' 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The narration is conversational and witty to a fault, teeming with celebrity anecdotes, childhood stories and the overall ridiculousness of being a person. Jonathan Van Ness, Ali Wong and John Hodgman Walk Into a Bar … 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z As a poet, Howard mastered a flowing, rhyme-less style both erudite and conversational, guiding readers on an intimate, informal tour of Western art and culture. Richard Howard, acclaimed poet-translator, dies at 92 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z But the dances keep the scene fresh, sometimes coexisting in parallel soliloquies, and often with a conversational immediacy, proceeding like question and answer, mutually responsive. BalletCollective Performs at the Skirball Center 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The intruder in the story is really Death, which trumps all his conversational whimsicality. ACT Theatre celebrates Pinter with monthlong festival 2012-07-19T20:12:10Z Then Julia Child, who was a wonderful writer and perhaps would put to use her other skills — culinary, conversational — as well. Elizabeth McCracken: By the Book 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Her funny, conversational prose and brilliant eye for detail whisk us past any yearning for hard reality. Samantha Hunt’s imagination runs wild in 'The Dark Dark' 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Paxton is perhaps best known as the inventor of Contact Improvisation, a touch-based, weight sensitive, conversational and often athletic dance technique that, since its inception in 1972, has become practiced around the world. Steve Paxton, a Buddha of American Dance 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z We have to shift onto a more positive conversational track to start generating better thoughts. How Parents Make Things Worse For Struggling College Kids 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z When I first read Seneca in translation a few years ago, what I noted was less the content than the easygoing conversational style. Better Living Through Stoicism, From Seneca to Modern Interpreters 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z What most of the newer songs have in common is their conversational quality. Music Review: Audra McDonald at Lincoln Center 2013-05-10T21:59:41Z The growing conversational murmur was punctuated by the loud burst of gunning motorcycles and muffler-free cars from the unseen Atlantic Avenue. Encounters : From the Borough of Writerly Types, a Look Inward 2013-08-07T23:30:24Z Much of the film is pitched at a conversational hush, so it's doubly striking when Katniss and Peeta reunite and the results ... well, spoiler, so ... Review: 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1' 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z He tackles weighty topics in a conversational style, treating the listener like a trusted friend. Cosmo Jarvis: 'My generation is the worst' 2011-08-11T21:30:01Z First, he illustrates each of his core concepts, and then he repeats the information in prose that is conversational and inviting. Deep book, flat subject 2012-06-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Johnson writes crisp conversational dialogue, and the prickly relationship between the central characters is enacted with persuasive sensitivity by Ms. Pinkins and Ms. Wiest. Review: ‘Rasheeda Speaking’ Finds a Chilling Place to Work 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z This was a remarkable company performance, however, with marvelous conversational give-and-take between the bright Leta Biasucci and Mr. Griffiths in duets. Review: Pacific Northwest Ballet and Three by Balanchine 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The area around the bar up front is more casual and conversational, though the music carries nicely along the length of the room. Mezzrow Seeks to Fill a Jazz Niche in the Village 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Yes, there's an awful lot more recitative, or conversational style in French Baroque opera, a lot more reliance on music that is strongly linguistic. Glyndebourne 2013: Hippolyte et Aricie - Baroque à la française 2013-07-23T14:35:12Z But where Newman barbs his old-timey melodies with satirical lyrics, Mills sang mostly about the usual concerns of lovelorn troubadours, albeit in a conversational, almost stream-of-consciousness style that generally renounced or downplayed choruses. A casual blend of art-Americana from Blake Mills at the Hamilton But there are baggier gags, too – including a great dialogue between Philips and a beggar – and, more so than previously, a conversational ease that belies the social-misfit demeanour. Emo Philips 2010-08-12T15:48:00Z That, hilariously, was the conversational icebreaker adopted by a distinguished diplomat whenever he found himself seated beside ladies he didn’t know at London dinner parties. Review | John Singer Sargent didn’t just paint the 1 percent. There was another, less-known side to his art. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Muzijevic, a tall, sardonic figure behind whose features one senses a perpetually lurking smile, has a wonderfully clear, conversational way with Haydn, whose smiles are likewise never far below the surface. In Pedja Muzijevic’s recital, talk gets in the way of ‘Haydn Dialogues’ 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z “We aren’t all magical vessels,” is the unofficial catchphrase to this long-running conversational show, referring to the toxic myth that new motherhood should be a, natural and seamless transition for every woman. 7 Podcasts for Parents Who Need a Break 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z He’s a big bear of a man, fond of guns, cream liqueurs, pork rinds and flatulence as a conversational gambit. Patricia Lockwood Is a Priest’s Child (Really), but ‘From the Devil’ 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z The second narrative is an intimate, conversational account of Victor’s tempestuous friendship with Mr. Dylan. A Dylan Insider’s Back Pages 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z But she said, “I don’t see myself ever using my voice on a conversational level — that’s just not who I am.” Lauren Ridloff’s Quiet Power: ‘My Life Has Changed in Every Way’ 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Talking about art was as vital as art itself, so life classes under him tended to be very conversational as well as observational affairs. John Jones obituary 2010-12-23T18:05:04Z He tells her everything he knows about her, starting with what she’s going to tell him 20 minutes from their first conversational exchange to his boldest swing, which he knows as an inevitability. A divine interlude in the tunnel of love: "Watchmen" and the intersection of comic books and faith 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Jenkins’s poetry fits more smoothly on the stage than most, with its earthy conversational style and everyday humor. Review: ‘Nice Fish,’ Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins’s Quirky Ice Fishing Tale 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z The orchestra rose to powerful climaxes, but in quieter, conversational moments he held the sound carefully below the singers. Opera Review: ?Khovanshchina? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-02-28T16:32:53Z There is an argument that we are more forgiving of subtitled drama because we can't hear the conversational changers, or even the slight blips, when we're watching in a language that we speak daily. The Bridge: Saga Noren v Sonya Cross 2013-07-23T05:55:00Z They’re conversational, confessional and confident, free of frills and full of good advice. Music Review: A winning set by John Fullbright 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Haley had such an easygoing conversational style that he could speak with anyone. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The two at times engage in a conversational tug-of-war. Filmmaker son of longtime Vogue Italia editor focuses his lens on her provocative work, life 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z While adopting a vernacular vocal style, with minimal vibrato along with a somewhat eccentric conversational phrasing, she still treated the American songbook as a species of art song. Review: Jessye Norman’s Salute to the Love Song at Carnegie Hall 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z They captured both the conversational exchanges and symphonic depths of the restless final movement, a fluid theme and variations. Review: Martin Frost, Clarinet Virtuoso, Dazzles as He Dances 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Perhaps now to ensure the mannerism is not overdone and the voice remains conversational, the iambic pentameter is pared to 4 stresses: "To build a sacrificial fire." Poem of the week: Love-Letter-Burning by Daniel Hall 2013-02-04T10:19:21Z The dialogue in What If is so conversational. Daniel Radcliffe Does Not Find Tinder Addictive At All 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z But his blunt, conversational comedy is really meant for small rooms and late nights — and, frankly, not a family newspaper. Big Jay Oakerson, a Master of the Dirty Joke 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z The result is a bar that fosters a conversational atmosphere, serving a wide selection of teas alongside its liquor. The best towns and small cities in the US: Ithaca, New York state 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z And even before the advent of digital communication, theater makers wanted to incorporate the latest conversational technology into their work. Turn Off Your Devices? Sometimes Plays Turn Them On 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z At one point, he told the cast members to trust their own judgment and not look at him during sections performed in a conversational sing-speak rhythm. L.A. Opera goes for the epic with 'The Ghosts of Versailles' 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z He has a deadpan conversational style and an instantly identifiable nasal drawl, but if you close your eyes and listen for a while, you realize that he sometimes sounds like Owen Wilson. Nicolas Cage Is in on the Nicolas Cage Jokes 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z But one of Grisham’s conversational habits is to say, “I don’t spend much time worrying about it,” after showing just how thoroughly he’s thought something through. Plot Twist! John Grisham’s New Thriller Is Positively Lawyerless 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Each unfolds in a conversational murmur, depicting two rhapsodists in a state of intuitive kinship: Mr. Haden with his pachyderm grace, Mr. Jarrett with his lyrical eddies of tension and release. Willie Nelson, Mali Music and Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Obama speaks slowly and thoughtfully but with the conversational ease that distinguishes his books, moving freely between the personal and the political, the anecdotal and the philosophical. Obama, the Best-Selling Author, on Reading, Writing and Radical Empathy 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Frances Hartog said she can see Salinger's literary style - "casual, conversational but very direct" - in the letters. Letters reveal human side of JD Salinger 2011-01-27T00:16:46Z Herzog’s dialogue, pruning the social floweriness and conversational whorls of Ibsen’s naturalism, gets right to the point of every line, leaving the text raw and red, as if exfoliated. Review: Jessica Chastain Plots an Escape From ‘A Doll’s House’ 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Study participants were asked to imagine Sadness’s personality, appearance, conversational style and how they might interact with them. How can you conquer ordinary, everyday sadness? Think of it as a person 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z What I liked about Nooteboom’s essay was its “touch” — personal, embodied, conversational. Review | Buried deep in a disappointing Rembrandt and Velázquez show are two portraits that demand to be seen 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z “The people who are going to buy this book already speak our language, so it felt very personal and conversational.” ‘My Favorite Murder’ co-hosts Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark are expanding their empire 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The voices are conversational, and more or less anonymous, despite a roll call in the piece’s overture. Albums by Neil Young, Bette Midler and Miguel Zenón 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The show lacks the deceptively easy conversational flow of which Mr. Wilson, as the director of Mr. Foote’s “Orphans’ Home Cycle” and “Dividing the Estate,” has previously shown himself a master. Theater Review: ‘The Trip to Bountiful,’ at the Stephen Sondheim Theater 2013-04-24T02:00:06Z As Whelan spoke, her tone shifted from conversational to controlled, from chatty to narration. That Voice You’re Hearing? It Might Be Hers. 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Instead of filling pews, guests sat in straight back chairs on the church stage for an atmosphere that felt more conversational than formal. Bound by Their Boston Neighborhood 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z And that type of singing — having a voice that doesn’t tend to melodies with long sustained notes, the more conversational approach to some folk music and country music felt natural to me. Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has no plans to slow down 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Though part of Ross's appeal was his conversational tone, none of this talk of happy accidents or other happy little things was ad libbed. 35 happy little facts about Bob Ross 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z “She changed the face of classical music radio in this country from its former somewhat stodgy and patrician sound and format to a warmer, friendly and more conversational medium,” Mr. Alley said in an email. June LeBell, Pioneering Radio Announcer, Dies at 73 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Watson’s book is an unusual hybrid: part memoir, part legal exegesis, part philosophical tract, part conversational guide. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Their new teacher, Catherine Porter, sits them down for a conversational assessment. While other countries turn Syrian refugees away, Canadians are taking them home 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The humor then, as almost always, was blunt, conversational, hilarious and fully, bitingly perceptive. "Desus & Mero": Perfect late-night viewing for surviving Trump and the supremacy 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z In large part, Irby’s direct, conversational style translates smoothly to the spoken word. Some Personal News From Samantha Irby 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z The Hopper gaze is casual, offhand; if it’s possible for photographs to be conversational, then Hopper’s were. Dennis Hopper’s Quiet Vision of Nineteen-Sixties Hollywood 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z “Their conversational tone and humor backed by their depth of knowledge has allowed millions — including myself — feel like they, too, can be part of the conversation in the art world.” How two professors transformed the teaching of art history 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Gender shapes the spaces – social, conversational, professional, as well as literal – that we are given to occupy. Rebecca Solnit: if I were a man 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Much of Sally Matthews's singing as the Countess was a consonant-free zone, and the recitative never went with the snappy conversational urgency it really needs – the leaden, approximate surtitles don't help either. Le Nozze di Figaro – review 2012-06-28T11:36:27Z Long before Rosetta Stone, the French Institute Alliance Française began helping aspiring French speakers brush up their conversational skills. Paris in the Springtime, in New York 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Joe Allen, owner of the 46th Street restaurant he uncharacteristically named for himself, is unfailingly polite, reluctantly conversational. Joe Allen, Broadway’s Quiet Man 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z To an unexpected degree, as balladeers Mr. Pizzarelli and Mr. McCartney are vocal soul mates who project an unassuming, intimate conversational bonhomie that can be seductive when propelled by a light samba pulse. Review: John Pizzarelli Channels Paul McCartney and Antônio Carlos Jobim 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Deftly handling conversational and argumentative exchanges and rude, abrasive outbursts, String Noise demonstrated a thorough mastery of Mr. Zorn’s hermetic logic and irresistible whimsy. Music Review: Conor Hanick Performing John Cage at the Stone 2013-01-03T23:09:13Z He also has an agreeable, suitably conversational singing voice. | 'Promises, Promises': Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth Revisit Bacharach 2010-04-26T02:02:00Z He’s masculinity incarnate, in all its confidence and anxieties — direct, sonorous and conversational even as the tragedy builds. A Penetrating Cry in the Dark at the Prototype Festival 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Mentioning it at all initially sounds like a well-placed plug for an upcoming feature, until Brosnan hooks another hard conversational left and waxes poetic on his long personal relationship with the great nation of Croatia. Pierce Brosnan: 'It’s a capricious old game, the world of being an actor' 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The conversational element is something people get to experience with most concerts. Le Salon de Musiques continues to embrace intimacy 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Jane’s salons attracted intellectual figures, with attendants seeking to display their wit and conversational skill. Born to be Wilde 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z This tends to result in some combination of the following: a conversational lecture, a demonstration of something, a handful of video clips and finally, a question-and-answer session. Charlie Sheen and the vaguest shows on earth 2011-03-30T20:55:00Z Shorter’s press office doubles down on his abstract conversational style, suggesting that Shorter is a seer and a superhero. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z When asked about the experience, the temptation to engage in a little wordplay was too great to resist — like noting that the cruise would make a great conversational icebreaker when they returned to London. Breaking the Ice on a Finnish Cruise 2014-03-18T07:22:40Z The book’s earliest passages, written in the conversational style of a child, detail the emotional and physical abuse inflicted by her mother. Review | Sinéad O’Connor was a star, then a pariah. She says she wouldn’t change a thing. 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z I spend a lot of time trying to be conversational in as many as possible. Lisa Joy on ‘Reminiscence,’ ‘Westworld’ and the Lure of Techno-Noir 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z And the elements that make a podcast spark — internal conflict, patient world building, conversational digressions — don’t translate seamlessly to TV. Podcasts Get the Hollywood Treatment, Complete With Zach Braff 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Granted, Harris has a hyper-articulate, self-analytical subject who left a trail of press coverage behind him, but Nichols used his dazzling conversational gifts to obfuscate and beguile as much as to confide. Review | ‘Mike Nichols: A Life’ is a shrewd, in-depth examination of the elusive man behind the polished facade 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z “It was totally different from everyday conversational ASL.” How These Sign Language Experts Are Bringing More Diversity to Theater 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Though he seemed slightly uncomfortable, his conversational skills were first-rate compared to mine. Blind dates without algorithms 2013-02-14T15:35:00Z "Joe's interviews are informal and conversational in nature," his producer had emailed me beforehand, "and generally run between two and three hours in length." How Joe Rogan does what he does: My day with America's most famous podcaster 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z This is not a lifestyle that hones conversational skills, so Jae tends to be agitated and sometimes speaks in incoherent fragments. Books of The Times: Charlie Huston’s ‘Skinner,’ a Thriller With a Troubled Hero 2013-07-14T21:41:57Z “In other words, most people are likely to be somewhere in between the two conversational styles.” Why do people interrupt? It depends on whom you're talking to 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z He grounds the movie in science but he also helps give it a conversational lightness, as he stands and delivers on, say, molten rock and Mr. Herzog ponders creation. Review: ‘Into the Inferno,’ Staring Down the Terrors of Nature 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z It is conversational in tone, full of jump cuts and shrugs at literary conventions; modifiers sometimes seem deliberately misplaced. John Ashbery, Prize-Winning Poet, Is Dead at 90 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z With double collars, dropped waists, contrast pleats and conversational prints in silhouettes that evoke the 1920s and `30s. Freedom in fashion startups for up and comers 2012-02-17T19:57:11Z Something in the texture of her writing – its conversational ease, high spirits, bourgeois-domestic subject matter – confounds the heavy machinery of the academic critical apparatus. What Matters in Jane Austen? by John Mullan – review 2012-06-15T21:55:14Z He contrasts this with TAL's conversational style, which he sees as much more contemporary. The Ira Glass / This American Life way of reporting the news 2013-06-23T18:30:03Z His rapid-fire, unmistakably New York conversational style is slightly less manic than it once was, a tad more patient; his characteristic manner now is one of affable enthusiasm, like a hip priest. 2010-02-06T04:17:00Z This group, which will appear at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night, is rightly celebrated for the quality of its interplay, which brings a conversational feeling to the mainstream language of the jazz piano trio. Critic’s Notebook: Keith Jarrett and His Trio Will Play at Carnegie Hall 2013-12-10T22:18:15Z Druckerman’s writing is humorous, conversational and revealing, so it’s surprising when she admits to finding it “incredibly hard” to open up. So now you're middle-aged? Pamela Druckerman can walk you through it 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z But for now, her conversational responses are limited and she is unable to move her arms or walk. Do Androids Dream of Being Featured in Portrait Competitions? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Though obviously highly trained, that voice brims with a conversational ease that makes you forget that singing is not usually the form we choose for confiding in others, even in this age of “Glee.” Theater Review: It Was Love At First Sound 2010-11-19T20:42:00Z If you say the preferred “Thank you,” the exchange dies there unless the giver of the compliment starts a new conversational thread. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: If your boyfriend can’t take a compliment, then you’ll need to take a hint 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Our only conversational gambit was: "Isn't he amazing?" The parent trap: art after children 2010-08-01T20:30:00Z On first read, it’s just an example of the conversational vérité that Drnaso excels at, the brief reunion between the two adult siblings at their mom’s house in Chicago. Can You Illustrate Emotional Absence? These Graphic Novels Do 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z This helps them focus on a conversational flow, maintaining contact with the energy of the moment rather than wandering through some calculated narrative. Esperanza Spalding Will Record ‘Exposure’ in Front of the World 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Meath’s voice is natural, chipper and conversational, with melodies as direct as pop and folk songs. Sylvan Esso Keeps Electronic Pop Human 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Lewis played the theme in the equivalent of an appropriately conversational tone, but the music progressed without inflection or variety. Aiming for a musical summit but falling short 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Until the invention of the microphone, the pop crooner adopting a relaxed conversational tone couldn’t have existed. Frank Sinatra: A Hundred Years On, the Voice Resonates Still 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z This powerful, conversational and — above all — honest memoir shakes hard truths out of the family tree. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z This forgets how masterful Noah is in wielding a conversational tone before depressing the brake, gently but assuredly, to arrive at punchlines or conclusions that aren't always easy to hear. Trevor Noah made "The Daily Show" his own — and better 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z When you can’t change the conversational rut — “Is this freaking Baby SeaWorld?” is best left unsaid — change the conditions that formed the rut. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Yes, children are our future. But must they also be our ever-present? 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z They mixed and matched musical idioms with conversational ease, from the reggae treatment of Gerry Rafferty’s “Right Down the Line” to the West African feel of the guitars in “Come to Me.” Concert review: Bonnie Raitt at Chicago Theatre 2012-05-20T06:10:00Z When he picked up with his career, Conway had to reconstruct his entire flow, switching from complex, multisyllabic flows to a slower, conversational cadence. Conway the Machine’s new album caps Griselda’s rise to prominence as one of rap’s essential crews 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Shrigley sees the pieces as something between black humour and a conversational gambit about the nature of death. How to dispose of a dead pet: is taxidermy the very best option? 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z A gray-haired man in a suit was checking in next to us; samba music played at a conversational volume. Wristbands and Room Service: Music Festivals Check In to Hotels 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Books written in magazine prose — conversational, breezy, without a distractingly idiosyncratic line, paragraphs chopped up short for easy digestion, the references current and pop-cultural. A Habitual Liar Almost Conned Abby Ellin Into Marrying Him. Instead, He Gave Her the Idea for a Book. 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z He is at his best when detailing Poggio's remarkable journey in a mix of fact and conjecture, and he does us a good turn when deconstructing the poem in a conversational, bullet-pointed section. 'The Swerve': An ancient poem lights a modern fire 2011-10-06T19:16:04Z The organization is donor-funded; participants ranging in age from 13 to 25 "meet" for online conversational practice and cross-cultural connection. Dramatic video taken from speeding car shows Ukraine devastation 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z From his intimate conversational style to his raucous, uninhibited laugh, I found him out of the box in every way. Dr. Brandt, the Lonely Showman 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z The result is a set of appealingly conversational meditations on the life of the mind. Michael Dirda’s ‘Browsings’ offers meditations on the life of the mind 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z On the positive side, Vanessa appreciated Christopher’s maturity and conversational aptitude. Date Lab: He felt like he was on a date with a celebrity 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z At which point, I predict your conversational gambits will shift, irretrievably, to the trials of parenthood. Social Q?s: What a Workout 2011-04-01T21:17:41Z Rooftop bends Father Lux’s ear enumerating his sins until Father Lux has to remind him it’s a confessional, not a “conversational.” Review: A Raucous Wake for ‘Our Lady of 121st Street’ 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Siri recognizes conversational speech and responds, helping with everything from scheduling a meeting to finding a therapist. Noticed: When Your Phone Humors You - Noticed 2011-11-04T19:21:07Z It is raspy, often hesitant, more conversational than rhetorical, and his quizzical eyes and fretful manner seem more suited to comedy than tragedy. Now Is the Rylance of Our Discontent 2013-11-27T10:45:21Z Outside the ring, she boasts fluent conversational skills and a lighthouse smile. Soderbergh's Haywire: Good Workout, Not So Good Movie 2012-01-19T15:39:42Z By splicing some of the flutist’s conversational asides and spontaneous laughter alongside some more planned-sounding recitations, the composer managed to highlight the songful quality that animates this artist’s speech in casual settings. Review: The Bloom Is Still on Claire Chase’s Monumental Project 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z Her feed — a jumble of sketches, book recommendations, photographs — is honest and conversational. Five Artists to Follow on Instagram Now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z I was able to learn French to conversational fluency in 17 days using the following techniques. The Secret to Quickly Learning a Foreign Language as an Adult 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z The crowd was rapt, screaming every time she did a half-step of her quasi-choreography; the low conversational murmur that sometimes runs beneath the music at shows like this was entirely absent. The Misreading of Mitski 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Instead, try being more assertive in holding your conversational ground. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Brother’s girlfriend dominates every conversation 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z It’s a warning relevant to today’s Jews, as the conversational third rail of Israel and Palestine complicates the relationship between America’s Jewish population and its own government. 'It can't happen here': the horrifying power of The Plot Against America 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z With Misha Glouberman, she wrote a book of "conversational philosophy" called The Chairs Are Where the People Go, which The New Yorker chose as one of its Best Books of 2011. Talking points 2013-01-23T12:17:25Z “I think I was probably above average at conversational skills to begin with,” Ms. Fonte said. A Private-School Sex Educator Defends Her Methods 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, talking on the phone is becoming the conversational version of a four-way stop — an awkward, halting affair, as people seem somehow out of practice. Perspective | Google wants to write your emails for you. It’s time to draw the line. 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Through my conversational Spanish, I learned that some of the locals were related to the crew and others were just going between towns after doing business or visiting family. Instead of flying to this Peruvian city, she took a slow cruise down the Amazon — on a cargo ship 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z “When I first heard Charlie Parker records,” Mr. Coleman recalled, “I got the impression that he was speaking. His phrases were very conversational. My band and I talk a lot about ‘sentences,’ ‘paragraphs.’ After 30 Albums and 3 Recent Prizes, a Jazzman Flirts With the Mainstream 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z The saxophonist Marty Ehrlich, sensitively accompanied by Ms. Stern-Wolfe, fully brought to life the music’s conversational immediacy with passages of sunny optimism followed by mocking cackles, cunning microtonal slides and colorful riffs. Review: Summoning Erwin Schulhoff’s Zest for Life 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The Grammy-winning pop star permitted himself to launch into a number of conversational tangents. Kanye West, Steve McQueen discuss 'All Day / I Feel Like That' at LACMA 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Throughout, Moss’s voice is conversational, punctuated with frequent ellipses and colloquialisms: “Oh well.” Memoirs of Womanhood by Emily Ratajkowski, Toufah Jallow and N. West Moss 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Like many of her characters, Shelton has a breezy, natural conversational style and a quick wit. Lynn Shelton follows her own direction in 'Laggies' 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z I’ve rarely heard the multiple set pieces in this play sound more conversational and matter-of-fact, as if the speech were second nature to the speaker and not some sort of pileup of well-known quotations. Review: Glenda Jackson Rivets as King Lear in Her Return to the Stage 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Staples keeps her tone conversational, as if she were addressing a small group of friends in her living room. Album review: Mavis Staples, 'One True Vine' 2013-06-24T16:03:00Z Layering understated movement with conversational text, in obliquely funny and surreal ways, “Heera” prods at themes of memory, imagination, aging and coming-of-age. Performing and Creating as Equals Across the Age Gap 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z It’s a conversational film about silence, a visually complex film about invisibility, a film about the very possibility of making a film about the war and what’s been lost in it. A Syrian Filmmaker’s Urgent, Intimate View of Exile Deserves a U.S. Release 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The book is packed with information, but the tone is so conversational that it goes down easy. | Books for the Coffee Lover 2012-12-14T16:59:58Z “I’m interested in mixing academia, but keeping it conversational,” she says. Look what happens when you interview artist and Instagram sensation Guadalupe Rosales via text image 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z As Ms. Cook has aged, she has gained the freedom to be more plainly conversational, which is all to the good. Music Review: Barbara Cook at 54 Below 2013-04-25T21:52:39Z Come to think of it, although the subject of ancient Rome comes up only once, in a fleeting conversational reference, “Gladiators” wouldn’t be a bad name for this production either. Theater Review: ?Cockfight Play,? Directed by James Macdonald, at the Duke 2012-05-18T02:00:02Z Next, he used Sudowrite, asking the program to make a sentence longer or shorter, to adopt a more conversational tone or to make the writing sound like Ernest Hemingway’s. Peering Into the Future of Novels, With Trained Machines Ready 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Conversely, for readers unfamiliar with the sometimes intimidating Wallace oeuvre, Lipsky has provided a conversational entry point into the writer's thought process. Book Review: David Foster Wallace Biography 2010-04-14T13:25:00Z None of the responses were especially illuminating, though there were some intriguing conversational detours. Charlie Sheen hits New York - but what IS the show? 2011-04-10T00:08:52Z A similar forced sociability, but with a clearer conversational agenda, was the order of the night on Fire Island. ‘Island Night,’ a Walk Across Fire Island 2012-09-06T22:22:25Z Also featured are numerous FutureHistories events, where two strangers are given "conversational menus" of 25 popular topics. This week's new events 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z “I didn’t need to hire a crew—it was just me in the room with a microphone, and it made it much more conversational.” A Young Girl’s Immigration Journey in “A Line Birds Cannot See” 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Swafford’s voice is genial and conversational, that of a friend who loves to tell you about his fascinations: the foibles of court life, logistical problems of the musician. ‘Beethoven,’ by Jan Swafford 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The story unfolds over months, and the life-altering events that occur are revealed slowly and by indirection, sometimes as if they were conversational afterthoughts. Review: 3 Generations Aching to Connect ‘On the Shore of the Wide World’ 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z A lot of the dialogue in “Losing It” rehashes Julia’s conversational awkwardness, which often doesn’t extend beyond “oh, okay,” “great” and “cool.” ‘Losing It’: A 26-year-old virgin plots her own deflowering 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z But he speaks the lines in a conversational manner quite unlike Eliot's sepulchral, Anglican-pulpit style. A Late Quartet – review 2013-04-06T23:06:19Z So he took up some hobbies, one of which was conversational Spanish lessons with an online institute in Guatemala. Mark Duplass Can’t Get Enough of ‘Rocky II’ 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z “Clauses don’t work so well in audio, you have to be more direct and conversational,” said Winkelman. A New Podcast Rekindles a Box-Office Bomb 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Her pleasure seldom expresses itself in the reflex action of a polite or conversational smile, but again and again when the mood of high seriousness changes, she becomes illuminated with pleasure. An interview with Iris Murdoch: from the Guardian archive, 1 February 1960 2013-02-01T07:30:00Z Ward’s writing is deeply researched but conversational in tone. Once upon a time, rock-and-roll was strange, wild and dangerous 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Bickering, the long back-and-forth volley of conversational points, is our signature pastime. Criticism Is My Love Language 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z He also does not employ much of a middle dynamic range — the “mezzo piano” to “mezzo forte” that, in piano playing, is the equivalent of a conversational tone of voice. The problem with a pianist who plays loudly or softly but not in between 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z She writes like a devoted but conversational fan of music history — talking back to the modern songbook and to many of her favorite artists, guided by popular song to her own personal epiphanies. Lana Del Rey Talks Back to the Songbook 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Released from conversational convention, readers confided in him: about their relationships, about their co-workers, about their pet peeves, about their sexual arrangements, about strange events that had befallen them. David Sedaris Leaves His Audiences Weeping. And Still Wanting More. 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Many of those tweets are simple expressions of thanks or conversational responses to other people. Kellers’ cancer writing shows how broken journalism has become 2014-01-17T18:12:00Z Some of these guys are great; Anthony Bourdain, conversational, engaging, told anecdotes, took questions. Charlie Sheen and the vaguest shows on earth 2011-03-30T20:55:00Z Engaging and conversational, this cookbook teaches readers how to cook holistically: You’ll rehydrate dried shiitake mushrooms and cure them in soy sauce. 11 New Cookbooks Worth Buying, Even in Quarantine 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Shortall said part of the issue is the way the language is taught in schools, which is more academic than conversational. ‘Bursting Proud’: Ireland Cheers Paul Mescal for Embracing Irish Language 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z The tenor Christian Mark Gibbs, who plays Nate, described the effect as “conversational.” A Black Composer’s Intense Opera Gets a Rare Staging 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Some are focused on “accountability” and keeping members writing, while others are more reflective and conversational. Still Stuck at Home? It Might Be Time to Work on That Novel. 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z The three characters are represented by different styles: a conversational telephone manner; a detached, formal delivery; and a more lyrical singing style. Review: Robert Ashley’s ‘Crash’ Opens at Roulette 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z But the casual greening of American culture provides a lot of conversational on-ramps. How legal weed turned Thanksgiving into a high holiday 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z I doubt there is a better writer of conversational dialogue at work in America. The Books I Loved in 2015 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z I fall somewhere between introvert and socially inept, and will happily leap past the awkwardness of small talk and into familiar conversational territory. My life with J.J. Abrams: The moral code of the celebrity Doppelgänger 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z “Believe me,” he writes in his amiable, conversational new memoir, “The Storyteller,” life as a rock star “is all that it’s cracked up to be and more.” Review | Dave Grohl’s ‘The Storyteller’ is just as upbeat as you’d expect 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z That’s not fixing your husband’s tendencies, or heading them off, or in any way parachuting into his conversational territory. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: But he brags at a postdoc level 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z And the play as a whole has a genial, conversational quality; it always holds you, but without trying to shake you. Theater Review: ‘Raisin in the Sun’ Brings Denzel Washington Back to Broadway 2014-04-04T02:00:14Z The mood it evokes is conversational, vulgar and heartfelt. ‘Insecure’ Series Premiere: Single Black Woman 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z In a work or social situation, you can almost see her drawing from both parts of herself, her conversational manner direct and mildly ironic. What Drives Stella McCartney 2012-02-22T11:58:00Z "To be in possession of a pun or a good conundrum, particularly one people hadn't heard, that's a good bit of conversational ammunition you can bring to a dinner party," he says. 30 delightful puns from the Victorian Era 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z As we settled in the requisite conversational jockeying that is a part of most unconscious gatherings, could be heard above the enthusiastic roar: “Try this.” Boys’ Night In pork tacos 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Q: “I Am C-3PO” is written with a noticeably brisk pace and conversational tone. C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels talks ‘The Rise of Skywalker,’ his new memoir and four decades of Star Wars 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z But oddly, he picked the Garden as the place to try a more sober, conversational style. Aziz Ansari Plays Madison Square Garden 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Heliker’s late paintings have a conversational quality too, not relaxed but poised, the way art can be after years of practice, when habit hides effort. Art in Review: John Heliker: ‘A Tribute’ 2012-06-07T22:50:50Z A beloved mainstay for many podcast fans, Slate’s weekly conversational show is roughly the same age as the format itself, having been going strong since 2005. 8 Podcasts to Help Make Sense of Post-Trump America 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z For the solo show’s narrative segments, Marmo draws extensively from Bruce’s recordings, published work and court transcripts, skillfully woven into a conversational monologue. Lenny Bruce's fire and fury light up Theatre 68 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z And, so, mission accomplished, largely with a lot of conversational face-offs and regular bursts of showy violence that sometimes turn panoramic, allowing you to admire the scale of the apocalyptically dressed sets. Review: ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2,’ Katniss’s Final Battle 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z When translated to conversational English, “very likely” becomes “this is something really bad and totally crazy and wild,” says one author of the report, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. How should we talk about what’s happening to our planet? 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z It explores more lushly textured, keyboard-heavy pop, topped by Bejar's typically conversational lyrics — a droll mixture of observation, humor and loathing. Destroyer builds anew on 'Kaputt' 2011-03-24T16:27:47Z A place of culinary, erotic, conversational, sartorial and so many other pleasures. Books of The Times: ‘Mission to Paris’ by Alan Furst 2012-06-03T22:37:20Z Death until recently was often a conversational taboo, dark fodder for goth sites, maybe, but otherwise invoked discreetly, if at all, in spirit-soothing euphemisms. Outing Death 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z The conversational patchwork moved from parsecs to Italo Calvino. Empac Shrugs Popularity to Promote Creative Liberty in Troy, N.Y. 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Soon we were playing two games at once and chatting in both, two entirely different conversational threads — one serious and the other playful. Words With (I Wish We Were More Than) Friends 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z The result is hybrid hiphop and conversational R&B that doesn't call attention to how innovative it really is. Music Monday: The Physics' "Three Piece" EP 2010-05-10T19:11:00Z Goldstein joked that this gift he has given his father has expanded their conversational canvas by roughly 100 percent: “Football is still all me and my dad talk about,” he said. Brett Goldstein Faces Life After ‘Lasso’ 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z This production, directed by Drew Minter, with music direction by Mary Anne Ballard, begins with a storyteller, a woman costumed appropriately to biblical times, who welcomes the audience in conversational English. ‘The Play of Daniel,’ at Trinity Church 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Ms. Simmons inquires, in one of their conversational volleys that she injects throughout the book. Books of The Times: ‘I’m Your Man,’ Leonard Cohen Biography by Sylvie Simmons 2012-09-13T22:17:26Z The conversational prose often sounds as if the author’s pages flew directly from her desk to the printing press. Timeless Preoccupations and Old-School Virtues 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Many of us have experienced a return home or a reunion with old friends only to find that the conversational dynamic has shifted toward an ugly and unacceptable place. Perspective | ABC wanted a contrarian on mainstream TV. Roseanne was never right for the job. 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z “Scarlet A” is an unusual hybrid of a book: part memoir, part legal exegesis, part philosophical tract, part conversational guide. ‘Scarlet A’ Wants Less Shouting About Abortion and More Talking 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Singing with conversational ease, they occasionally flirt and joke with the audience seated on either side of the stage. Review: A Smashing ‘Oklahoma!’ Is Reborn in the Land of Id 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z If the classic journalistic chat is objective and emotionally removed, the best podcast hosts leverage their personal investments and creative conversational tactics to tackle even the most taboo topics. The Art of the Taboo Podcast Interview 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Fans welcomed his polished, conversational essays or his annual "State of the Union" reports for the liberal weekly "The Nation." Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies 2012-08-01T17:33:11Z The details of the barn — the sweet smell of good hay, the nearly conversational quality of a horse’s constantly moving ears — are beautifully wrought. Jojo Moyes’s new novel, ‘The Horse Dancer,’ has a Dickensian spirit 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Originally trained as a mezzo-soprano, she has a full-bodied lower range that is just as thrilling to witness as her candescent high notes, and a commanding softness in more conversational moments. Review: Two Sopranos Make an ‘Elektra’ Both Mythic and Human 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z The first man I chatted with who met my conversational standards was an academic, a musician. 'This is small talk purgatory': what Tinder taught me about love 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Instead of snarling or roaring like the music would seem to demand, she delivered a jumbled sequence of alternately humdrum and surreal observations in conversational tones that shifted subtly between dismay, disapproval and daydream. Dry Cleaning: It’s Spoken Rock ’n’ Roll, but We Like It 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Just as important, Fiennes and his cast yank the 400-year-old dialogue off the page and make it sound vividly conversational; it lives and scalds, sings and singes. Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus: The Paths of Gory 2011-12-04T18:37:40Z The conversational detours the list inspires can be sublime. Review: Mike Birbiglia Is a Very Nervous Dad in ‘The New One’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Huh allows the listener to catch up with the speaker, while mm-hmm can function as a conversational turn pass: I’m with you, keep going. How Language Came to Be — and How We Use It Today 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Even when writing in a conversational style, she usually followed traditional poetic rules of meter. Carolyn Kizer, Pulitzer-winning poet who drew on women’s experiences, dies at 89 The woman is deft at shifting both automotive and conversational gears. ‘Men Without Women,’ a new story collection by Haruki Murakami 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z We’re true eavesdroppers on the Gabriels; Nelson’s actors speak in conversational tones that will at times strike some theatergoers as overly hushed. The Kennedy Center sets an inviting table for ‘The Gabriels’ 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z His attempts to pick her up occur with repetitive conversational bursts that stop and rewind a little bit each time he hits a dead end, replaying with increasing speed. Review: 'All in the Timing' has wordplay and wit 2013-02-13T19:03:10Z The cases she narrates are gut-wrenching, and her conversational approach lightens what could otherwise be an unbearably heavy load. Fighting Harassers and Stalkers on the Web, in Court and in Print 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z And she writes with a keen immediacy; her tone is conversational, her chapters bounce. Of Mice and Men 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z He does at times bog down in the details, but otherwise his prose is conversational, yet erudite. 'Titanic Tragedy': what went down with the ship 2012-04-05T18:16:55Z And his conversational manner is much more casual, more affable, than his reputation as a hermetic perfectionist would suggest. ‘Kubrick by Kubrick’ Review: Stanley Plays Himself 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z People will always kiss, I suppose, but these days it’s an act that doesn’t seem to generate much conversational traction. Writers Pay Lip Service to a Universal Gesture of Love 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Her poem "How to Triumph Like a Girl" begins "I like the lady horses best" — a funny and engaging first line that draws the reader in with surprising diction and a conversational tone. Ada Limón explores "what it looks like to have America in the room" 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Blank, like the playwright and solo performer Daniel Beaty, often writes in rhyme, but “Seed” is strongest when it lets her ear for profane, conversational language shine instead. | 'Seed': ?Seed? Opens at National Black Theater - Review 2011-09-29T21:21:39Z Our French is conversational, at best, but we relied a great deal on hand signals and drawn pictures, as Guadeloupeans speak rapidly, and often in Creole in more isolated areas. A Return to Guadeloupe: Tropical Life, French-Style 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z The comically slow pace fostered a steady, low conversational burble that was lacking on the richer, faster Western European trains. Personal Journeys: All Aboard the Orient Local 2014-04-23T21:47:59Z In the decades since Prozac has emerged as a common conversational reference point, a favorite parlor game has been to imagine how antidepressants might have changed the course of cultural history. Review: ‘The Effect,’ About Falling in Love While Taking Antidepressants 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Ms. Fleming, looking radiant, brought verbal crispness and coy charm to the Countess’s conversational singing but grabbed every chance to let her voice bloom in the fleeting melodic bits. Music Review: Words or Music: Why Choose? 2011-03-29T22:23:23Z Shooting the Sass Easily as an Arrow IF a Hollywood publicist were to make a list of conversational taboos for a young star, it might include the following: personal shortcomings, money, group sex and death. Jennifer Lawrence in ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ 2012-11-09T22:03:41Z The exchange set a light, conversational tone that would carry throughout the event. Standing Up for Bernie Sanders 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z “One of the difficulties of taking one-on-one conversational Spanish lessons, I remembered from earlier attempts, is that either the teacher or the student has to come up with something for the conversation to be about.” Sunday Reading: In Another Tongue 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Written down, it seems like a starkly bleak and morose thing to say; spoken aloud in the actual recording, it comes across as a reflective part of a warm, flowing, conversational whole. Thank God for Clive James 2012-06-24T19:00:09Z Debate is a conversational artform the show tossed out some time ago without losing our attention, so why fix that dysfunction? A farewell to harms: Meghan McCain exits "The View" but may have tainted it forever 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z They are prominent among a select band of standups, who – unlike the more conversational comics who dominate the industry – aren't stumped when the public buttonhole them and demand: "Tell us a joke." Tim Vine: Master of the mini-joke 2011-01-17T21:44:02Z Another conversational composition, “Cup of Coffee” was covered by Johnny Cash on his 1966 album of novelty songs “Everybody Loves a Nut.” At 91, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Still Wants to Tell You a Story 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z I'm a sucker for conversational three-legged coyotes so this looks like just my shot of whiskey. Review: ‘Tumacho,’ a Rootin’-Tootin’ Musical, Keeps Its Poker Face 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z ABC’s sitcom “black-ish” exists, partly, to satirize these sorts of conversational bloopers. What Was Bill Maher’s Big Mistake? 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z “It’s like this steady drop of good storytelling, thoughtful, conversational art,” he says. Perspective | ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ is poised to be a hit. And it might help redefine the meaning of ‘Christian film.’ 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z It’s trendy, gossipy, fast-paced conversational fun, and occasionally frustrating for the tangents left unexplored. 10 Binge-Worthy Art Podcasts in the Age of Coronavirus 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Broderick turns the interjection into both a conversational tic and a desperately hopeful plea. Review: ‘Shining City’ Is Brighter With Matthew Broderick 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Krall sings alone on the ballad “But Not for Me” with a tender, conversational style accompanied only by Mr. Charlap. Tony Bennett and Diana Krall Croon and Contrast on New Duet Album 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The film, with its rhythmic, conversational numbers, progresses as if it’s a household concert, with Shaun on piano, trumpet or guitar, and Abigail, in bruised and buoyant vocals, singing lead. Review | Give this folk rock duo 27 minutes. They’ll give you a musically heartbreaking world. 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z They respond to each other instinctively and freely, laying bare the conversational nature of the music, each in constant dialogue with the other three, listening, watching, participating or staying silent. The Barber of Seville; Emerson Quartet – review 2013-03-03T00:06:19Z She and her friends and lovers have passionate arguments about race that unfold in the kind of long conversational exchanges one might see in a Rachel Cusk novel. The Quest for Identity and Independence 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z That's why he's continued to execute the conversational show, which delivers on exactly what the title promises. Jerry Seinfeld thinks he may be on the autism spectrum 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Rickie Lee Jones played “All the Young Dudes” alone on acoustic guitar, singing it with conversational ease, switching it from a shared anthem to a lone rumination. Review: Remembering David Bowie, With One Artist and One Song at a Time 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z At Iota, she made Bob Dylan’s “Isis” sound like one of her own longer, more conversational compositions. Lisa Said, a country singer of two countries, brings Eastern-tinged Americana to Iota 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Our fellow guests were sitting around the dining table in full conversational flow. The gift of a lifetime: how trans 'top surgery' changed my life 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z His voice floats over acoustic guitars at the outset, projecting a conversational, Jobim-like ease. Lollapalooza Day 2: Chief Keef, Frank Ocean, Chili Peppers and an evacuation 2012-08-05T07:02:00Z |
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