| 单词 | digression |
| 例句 | But this is what is called a digression, and now I am going to go back to the fact that it was a Good Day. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Many academic articles contain bewildering non sequiturs and digressions that the authors stuck in at the insistence of an anonymous reviewer who had the power to reject it from the journal if they didn’t comply. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Or rather, I’ve made a huge digression and doubled back to my starting place. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She was faithful to him even in those moments when he lost himself in a sea of straight-haired, long-boned nymphs, and never loved him any the less for his digressions. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What if we are just a digression in someone else’s history? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I was so tired that I rambled a bit, but he was patient with my digressions. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But the same little notch must be used for divisions between branches of every size, whether it’s the end of a minor digression, the end of a major summation, or anything in between. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z "Oh, I don't know. That digression business got on my nerves. I don't know. The trouble with me is, I like it when somebody digresses. It's more interesting and all." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The story he told was drunken and garbled, out of sequence and full of vituperative, self-righteous digressions; but I had no problem understanding it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “The sound. You need to get a consistent sound, like slow or fast, funny or sad. All these digressions, they just screw up your story’s sound. Stick to what happened.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After a page-long digression on pacifism, Christianity, and the Roman Empire, Keegan returns to what is wrong with Clausewitz’s dictum and with the modern understanding of war it captures. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z These things he called “introduction,” “narration,” “argument,” “digression,” and “epilogue.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z We must hasten back on the wings of prose to the factory and its folk, who prompted my rather lengthy digression. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When I write about flowers, I think I am trying to find out what I believe, so there are digressions and sometimes incoherence. Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XIII 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z I can read the sidebars—digressions, as in a travel book, on topics such as animal sounds, taboo words, the color blue—and even get a flavor of Marcolongo’s prose: she is charming in Italian. An Instant Classic About Learning Ancient Greek 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z That’s the overriding tone: chatty, informal, occasionally spiced by digressions that, echoing Homer’s brilliant use of simile, seek humble parallels in contemporary life to the passions that inflamed the Greeks and Trojans. Theater Review: ?An Iliad? at New York Theater Workshop 2012-03-08T03:00:16Z The book — each section of which opens with an epigram from Wittgenstein’s “Philosophical Investigations” — eventually bogs down in philological digression. Numbers, Speed, Mystery: The World of the Delivery Worker 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z “He felt like a digression that had forgotten from what it digressed” is a typical utterance here. Books of The Times: ‘Taipei,’ by Tao Lin 2013-06-04T12:00:01Z Of course, describing Proust in terms of plot alone does no justice to the reflections, counter-reflections, digressions and musings that form so much of the immersive pleasure he offers. Reading group: Bogged down on Swann's Way? 2013-02-07T14:01:15Z Despite the deconstruction, the form Gilman adopts — with its digressions and asides, potted histories and accidental anachronisms — is still pretty hokey. Review: ‘A Woman of the World’ Dwells in Possibility 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Brief digression: Last fall, at Shakespeare’s Globe in London, I saw a subversive confection of a musical called “Romantics Anonymous” that just about wrecked me. Women’s Voices Festival a Potent Reminder of Who Goes Unheard Onstage 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z His voice, with its mixture of working-class and drama-school accents, remains at a low, friendly purr, and his recollections are casually presented and left with digressions intact. Theater Review | 'A Life in Three Acts': Of Youth, Frocks and Politics: A Not-So-Ordinary Life 2010-03-08T06:24:00Z These other topics are to some extent a digression from the main topic of cyberwarfare. Cyberwarfare — the Latest Technology of Destruction 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Not so much a travelogue as a travel meditation, it favors lush prose, colorful digressions, inconsistencies of approach and no small portion of eccentricity. 'The Old Ways': Walking as a way of 'feeling, knowing and being' 2012-10-28T14:01:04Z Ostensibly a lecture on the history of HMS Nottingham, complete with powerpoint presentation, Sweet's manic, squeakily nervous persona and the increasing silliness of his digressions keep the energy level and the laughs consistently high. Edinburgh fringe comedy roundup 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z On one of his many feudalism jags, Graeber makes a digression into youth work in medieval Europe. The Bullshit-Job Boom 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z The writing in “Once Upon a Time” has paragraphs of all sorts — digression, voice-over, description. The Mystery of the Oscars: How Do You Really Vote for a Script? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Poised for action at a grand piano, he disrupted an expectant stillness with a turbulent digression. Lonely Voyage of Player,Piano and Audience 2011-07-02T04:00:25Z By using them, the player can read found texts — whether poetry, philosophical digressions or Internet chat logs. The Talos Principle Prompts Thinking Beyond Virtual World 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Spanning five decades, the pieces vary in length from two to 13 pages, and some of the meatier ones require your full attention in order to follow his shrewd analysis and sometimes abstruse digressions. 'Reading for My Life': a critic's lifelong engagement with literature 2012-05-16T18:47:03Z Such maternal digressions weren’t necessarily what left their mark on Newton; it was her mother’s inaction that cut deep. From Family Trees to 23andMe, and Back Again 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z His facility for impromptu asides and entertaining digressions is formidably effective. Theater Review: Mike Daisey Vents in ‘All the Faces of the Moon’ at Joe’s Pub 2013-09-12T05:06:25Z Yet even Sampson’s most elaborate digressions can’t dampen the attraction of reading about a life as rich with romance and tragedy. The Woman Who Created a Monster 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z There is a long and pointless digression, for example, about a masseur who got lost on the way to an appointment. Books of The Times: Edna O’Brien’s Memoir, ‘Country Girl’ 2013-04-29T19:31:34Z One reads him for the language, the elegant hypnotic voice, the philosophical digressions and observations, for his long and winding sentences. Javier Marías' elegant novel 'Thus Bad Begins' is filled with secrets 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Here he seemed unusually intent on strident epiphany: his solo on “Blues Minor,” the opener, was full of overblown notes and impassioned digressions, hard swerves out of the given key. Music Review: Big Bang?s Echoes, 50 Years Later 2011-04-22T21:52:51Z Yet the improvised — or at least seemingly improvised — digressions turned out to be the panel’s favorite parts. Middle School Students Review ‘Potted Potter’ 2012-06-20T16:21:59Z Instead, there are long digressions on place name etymologies, the Ice Age, his grandparents' unconventional lifestyle and his father, who treated books with more care than he did most people. 'Sissinghurst ? An Unfinished History': Restoring the manor to a fruitful farm 2010-05-19T21:58:00Z But even allowing for Haddish’s hilarious digressions, “Nobody’s Fool” is a baggy movie. Review: Tyler Perry Turns Tiffany Haddish Loose in ‘Nobody’s Fool’ 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z He describes his marriage as a digression – his real life was in Malawi, when he was alone. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z Game by game, set by set, this match — a product of the author’s imagination, not of the historical record — advances, with asides and digressions that reveal Mr. Enrigue’s presence and purpose. Review: In Álvaro Enrigue’s ‘Sudden Death,’ a Farcical Duel With Topspin 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z "That Hair" may not offer the most linear storytelling — and in fact, every digression is dense with meaning and tangents — but what emerges is a surprisingly beautiful feeling of connection and rootedness. March to the shelves for these new books: Recommended reading for spring break and beyond 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z In many books – plotted books, structured books, orderly books – the digressions are the most interesting and enjoyable parts. Things That Are by Amy Leach – review 2013-06-07T08:00:15Z After more digressions about keys and doors, she adds in hushed self-importance, “Or the space in between?” Dance Review: City Life Isn?t Always Uplifting 2011-06-30T21:01:18Z There’s reason to cheer any sign of loose digression from Mr. Duke, who at 67 has comfortably settled into his role as a sage of jazz-funk, smooth R&B and various other crossover hybrids. New Music: Sara Bareilles, George Duke and Ace Hood 2013-07-15T20:42:55Z Racing through “Squid,” one of Mr. Stewart’s newer tunes, each imposed his fluency, though Mr. Blake took more impetuous digressions, and Mr. Wilson was coolly algorithmic. 2010-02-15T01:06:00Z Bravo and Harris keep things moving briskly, orchestrating plot turns and digressions in a way that both captures the stop-and-go rhythms of Zola’s experience and replicates the syncopated, splintered attention of Twitter itself. ‘Zola’ Review: Twitter? I Hardly Know Her! 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Nor does he confine himself entirely to music, finding room for stem-winding digressions on films, television, art and literature. Into the ether with Greil Marcus' ' History of Rock 'n' Roll' 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z In reading “The Long Way Home,” I sometimes grew impatient with the digressions on art and artists, the frequent complexities of the plot and an ending that I found more dramatic than plausible. Louise Penny’s ‘The Long Way Home’ is an artful mystery featuring Armand Gamache “And he said that Mike Nichols told him, ‘The digressions are the work, or part of the work.’” Bo Goldman, Oscar-Winning Screenwriter, Dies at 90 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z But if memory serves, in this episode we are seeing all sorts of digressions from the source book: in chronology, in character names, in the locations, roles and interactions of characters. Game of Thrones Watch: Smoke Monster 2012-04-23T10:07:39Z The personal digressions in “Latest Readings” tend to be first rate. Review: Clive James, Writing Toward the Twilight 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z For years — through his forays into painting and interview digressions into Transcendental Meditation and odd self-reflexive documentary projects and pop-up appearances on "Louie" — fans and freaks have asked: When will David Lynch return? 'Twin Peaks': David Lynch reaps the benefits of a trend he started 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z But this is the thrill of pizza — the way it develops, continuously, through digressions, idiosyncrasies, anomalies and adaptations. Perfecting Neapolitan Pizza in Los Angeles, With Help From Tokyo 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Filled with weird turns, dark digressions, and pitch-black comedy, “Preacher” is like nothing else on TV. New in home entertainment: Absurdist comedy 'Swiss Army Man' and first season of AMC drama 'Preacher' 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z There was a slight digression to herd some trailing zombies off a bridge as if they were the world’s least majestic buffalo. 'The Walking Dead' Recap: On the Road Again 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z But this background fracas never seems more than an obscure digression detracting from the central story line of Berenger’s search for the killer. In ‘The Killer,’ Ionesco’s Everyman Seeks a Source of Evil 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z An idiosyncrasy of the book is Gorman’s fondness for didactic digressions. An Expansive New Book From Amanda Gorman, Celebrity Poet and Inaugural Star 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z “It seemed a new kind of storytelling, with its saucy jump cuts, digressions, quotes, in jokes and addresses to the viewer.” Jean-Luc Godard, Daring Director Who Shaped the French New Wave, Dies at 91 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z This, no doubt, was largely the result of pressure on Sedgwick from the publisher to reduce his text by an eighth, which he generally did at the expense of redundancy, digression or internal contradiction. Memoirs of a Revolutionary by Victor Serge – review 2012-08-17T21:55:02Z Vanished Years maintains a discreetly chronological structure, but it's designed to prioritise digression and recollection. Vanished Years by Rupert Everett – review 2012-10-05T21:54:01Z Yet “Joy” begins not with a vision of Joy’s primal creativity but with a seemingly incongruous graft, a scene that seems like a digression from a story that hasn’t even begun. David O. Russell’s Self-Reflexive “Joy” 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z Despite being obviously tired from travel and a long day of interviews, Tempest was in fine form, launching into digressions and monologues. Kate Tempest’s Transformations 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z That said, the epilogue’s stylish staging — highlighted by modest but impressive aerial acrobatics — is so virtuosic that the digression pays off. Review | Synetic Theater’s ‘The Madness of Poe’ delivers a haunting mash-up from the father of American horror 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The results are lengthy sentences with no clear purpose and tedious digressions. Voyage-tales collection blends atypical narrative, history His opening monologue is a swooping torrent of fancy and digression that lasts half an hour - an astonishing, exhausting piece of acting. Rylance shines in Broadway-bound comedy 'La Bete' 2010-07-08T13:16:00Z The digressions, and the sense of silly, are characteristic. Roisin Conaty 2010-08-29T21:16:00Z There is a pointless digression about the Kama Sutra and a strange speculation about a meeting that can never have taken place. Brighton festival – review 2013-05-11T23:07:30Z It’s a master class in digression as a narrative device. ‘Wuthering Heights’ Reimagined as a 1960s Affair 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Complicité’s decision to foreground these freewheeling digressions is to be commended: This is not a conventional whodunit but, rather, a kind of fable. Review: In This Eco-Thriller, the Animals May Be Having Their Revenge 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z In the middle of a digression about her boyfriend, Catherine Cohen burped. 10 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2019 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Garber will occasionally sidle up to tracing some point of continuity before parachuting away on the gusts of digression. What Is Your True ‘Character’? And Who’s to Judge It? 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z There is a larger statement overarching these magnificent digressions, and it is essentially a confessional. Review | The Met looks at the body, stripped of its old ‘whiteness’ 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z All this is briskly recounted in a series of digressions and flashbacks. A Writer’s Struggle, an Affair and a Pot of Cash Converge in a Novel 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z These digressions are refreshingly candid, although on occasion they may seem tiresome. 'Great Soul': Joseph Lelyveld tells Mahatma Gandhi's larger-than-life story 2011-04-06T22:21:04Z In yet another pleasant digression, he provides a portrayal of Charles Darwin, the naturalist, and originator of the theory of the evolution of species. 'At Home': Bill Bryson constructs a history of private life 2010-10-06T23:05:00Z The approach is more linear than the embedded flashbacks and digressions of the later seasons of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Once Upon a Timeline in America 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Even a digression about the catacombs in an Italian monastery includes some Jell-O symbolism. In ‘Jell-O Girls,’ a Dark Family History Behind a Candy-Colored Dessert 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z In this context — a quarter of a century after Gersh’s reign, inside the rarefied walls of the Met — it’s an unexpected, almost jarring digression. Steve Miller cracked the code of 1970s radio. But he’s still raging against the music industry. 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Sometimes the novel’s digressions drift far from their original association, which might stretch the patience of a reader looking for traditional plot. The Show Is About to Begin, Onstage and in the Audience’s Minds 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered an ornate digression about a dystopian future. At Climate Week NYC, searching for world-saving answers inside a giant carbon footprint 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z In “Flights,” she added, Ms. Tokarczuk “flies us through a galaxy of departures and arrivals, stories and digressions, all the while exploring matters close to the contemporary and human predicament — where only plastic escapes mortality.” Olga Tokarczuk of Poland Wins Man Booker International Prize 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z But there are sudden digressions and twists within the oppression, with glimpses of old soul and gospel, a sample of Hungarian rock, even Nina Simone’s version of the protest anthem “Strange Fruit.” Kanye West's 'Yeezus' an uneasy listen 2013-06-16T20:37:00Z And Landscape and Memory reveals Schama as a genius of digression: it is simply a journey through what interests him. The incomparable Simon Schama ? star of page, then screen 2010-06-04T13:30:00Z There are all kinds of digressions in each chapter, some of which feel more like information dumps than components of a cohesive narrative. Lots of People Love ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ Roxane Gay Isn’t One of Them. 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The lectures on killing iguanas and spearing shrimp are just digressions: I’m here in her Oregon kitchen for a lesson in grilling chicken, estilo Mexicana. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z That worthy aim, however, is frequently lost in a warehouse of anecdotes, quotations, digressions and references that are piled up but not analyzed in much depth. Books of The Times: Weak-Kneed Willpower Faces Temptation?s Lure 2010-12-30T21:50:25Z It's a time for genteel digressions, and there was Victoria Wood turning in an enjoyable performance as a retired policewoman. Rewind TV: Panorama: Hillsborough – How They Buried the Truth; The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs; David Bowie – Five Years; Case Histories 2013-05-25T23:04:04Z His thoughts unfolded in an avalanche of analysis and digressions rather than the typically edited gloss that companies distribute in a news release. Perspective | Fashion shows are now 12-hour live streams. Or movies starring mermaids. Or mailed to you in a box. 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Told in patient, psychologically complex prose, “Sight” combines the narrator’s thoughts about her own mother, who died several years earlier, and her remembrances of her grandmother, a psychoanalyst, with her relevant digressions about scientific history. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: ‘Sight’ Balances Grief, Freud and Parenthood 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z As on “Fast Future,” released this spring, Mr. McCaslin led the way through a gritty fusion, hurtling and heavy, with agile funk and dub digressions. Greenleaf Music Label Turns 10 With a Show at SubCulture 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z But for all the absurd digressions and circuitous detours, “Antkind” remains propelled by Kaufman’s deep imagination, considerable writing ability and bull’s-eye wit. Review | Charlie Kaufman’s debut novel, ‘Antkind,’ is just as loopy and clever as his movies 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Megan B.: The blog was really a product of a digression of a tangent on my personal blog, in which I touted Alexander Hamilton for both his looks and support of big government. Bangable dudes in history 2011-03-22T12:58:00Z A later digression into Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” comes off as pure desperation. Lollapalooza Day 1: Black Sabbath, Black Keys and Passion Pit's black thoughts 2012-08-04T06:11:00Z There are surges and digressions, including a caterwauling duet between drums and tenor, before the bracing last few minutes — a climactic resolution in which Mr. Malaby rightly seems to be screaming through his horn. Review: Tony Malaby, Weaving Spells With Paloma Recio 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z He imagines his father’s long digression about a distant acquaintance who went into real estate and also became a writer. Sedaris, Rankine among new arts academy inductees 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z That will have to wait, because it’s time for a digression about the similarities between Ms. Palin and Mr. Sheen. | 'Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony': Look Out, Celebrities: Her Aim Is True 2011-03-13T22:06:07Z But the uranium digression, among countless other recent policy statements, demonstrates his bob-and-weave approach: the appearance of continued communication being more important than what’s actually being said. What We Talk About When We Talk About and Exactly Like Trump 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z This is one of those novels in which digression piles upon digression until the digressions become the thing itself. Review: Bill Clegg’s ‘Did You Ever Have a Family’ Heaps One Tragedy Upon Another 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z The road she journeys is her own, though it’s truly Ms. Breillat’s and thus filled with amusements, digressions, and discussions about life and femininity. | 'The Sleeping Beauty': No Sleep for a Beauty Who Seeks Adventure 2011-07-07T22:47:11Z Kurkjian has gathered so much information that explaining the smallest bit of it leads to a spate of cross-references, qualifications and digressions. A new look at a legendary art heist in ‘Master Thieves’ by Stephen Kurkjian 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Such a tone is designed to invite bold directorial choices that few filmmakers actually hazard—interjections and digressions that subordinate behavioral unity to revelations of inner life and social context. “Jobe’z World,” Reviewed: A New Film Showcases a Secret Weapon of Independent Cinema, the Actor Theodore Bouloukos 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z He always knew where to start a story on the page; and he never padded it with needless plot digressions, flashbacks and repeat-as-needed atrocities. The scary delights of Richard Matheson 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Davis speaks softly and with careful consideration, her thoughts often giving way to free-associative digressions. At the Oscars, Geena Davis will get a humanitarian award for making Hollywood see women as fully human 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z After one of her fictional characters attempts “suicide by cop,” she offers this digression: ‘Wilde Lake,’ one of Laura Lippman’s finest novels, feels personal 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z It's the combination of digression and disengagement that puzzles the most. Declaring His Genius: Oscar Wilde in North America by Roy Morris Jnr – review 2013-02-15T14:01:01Z There are echoes of Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut in the mix of unhinged digressions and moral mad-science. The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman – review 2012-07-26T07:00:02Z But so, eventually, do small variations in the circling or quick digressions from it. Dance Review: Sarah Michelson?s ?Devotion Study #1? at Whitney Museum 2012-03-07T00:05:18Z The music, the fashion show, the merchandise, the Twitter digressions, the “S.N.L.” performances and leaked backstage meltdown: “The Life of Pablo” will be remembered for all of it. Kanye West Is Fixing His Album in Public. You’ll Want to Read the Edits. 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Its seeming digressions aren’t really digressions at all, in that they all spin out of Östlund’s unifying thesis on public space and personal responsibility. Cannes 2017 – the best of week two 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z His loss is both the film’s emotional anchor and the thread that connects its anecdotes and digressions. ‘Beastie Boys Story’ Review: Pass the Mic, and the Memories 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Then there's the issue of taking this particular writer's craft -- and its digressions, curlicues and literary observations -- and turning it into fresh cinema. Sundance 2015: In 'End of the Tour,' David Foster Wallace, explained 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Palmas' book is baggy, and its chatty, omniscient narrator is a little too prone to digression. 'The Map of Time': Heartbroken English aristocrat time-travels to prevent a murder 2011-06-22T19:02:04Z And she does not proceed in a linear fashion; she describes her years with Lessing in between scenes of recent hospital visits, memories of her earlier childhood, and digressions on illness and mortality. Jenny Diski’s Way of Seeing Beyond the Story 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z I loved the finale, though I thought most of season 6 went, well, sideways with digressions and blind alleys. We Have to Go Back: Hope, Disappointment and Re-Watching Lost With My Kids 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Then you can’t really get away with a digression that lasts twenty pages. Masha and Keith Gessen on Writing About Russia 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z This novel, like its predecessor, is overstuffed, packed with incident and narrators and digressions within digressions. Larry Kramer Leaves No Score Unsettled in an Epic’s Finale 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z A gothic horror yarn in which a man surgically merges another man with a walrus, it also takes a long, ludicrous digression into comedy with a surprise cameo by an outsized star. Crop of 'New Dangerous' filmmakers take edgy to new levels 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z This is one of the more tender moments in a tough old-fashioned bildungsroman that meanders more than it moves, with its creator’s customary herks, jerks, digressions and Rabelaisian excesses. Sex, Secrets and Absent Fathers: It’s the New John Irving, of Course 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z When we come across mention of his obsession with “digression’s hospitable embrace,” he is, for once, speaking in understatement. Review | In the loopily expansive ‘Figure It Out,’ Wayne Koestenbaum ponders everything from Robert Rauschenberg’s shoes to the notion of the line 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z As always, the best part of the franchise is the digressions. Nostalgia Goes Niche in ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ and ‘Comrade Detective’ 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Every other element of the sprawling plot enjoys the benefit of exhaustive examination and digression, but in the final rush to engineer a happy future, the attraction between Charice and Raymer seems too quickly finessed. ‘Everybody’s Fool’ by Richard Russo: A wry, bittersweet sequel to ‘Nobody’s Fool’ 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Among his better digressions is discovering that some Internet sites post pictures of attractive management teams that don’t really exist. ‘What Stays in Vegas,’ by Adam Tanner 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z After one narrative detour, Kilmer recognizes the digression with a rhetorical question: “Where were we?” Review | Val Kilmer’s ‘I’m Your Huckleberry’ offers a scatterbrained journey into his idiosyncratic head space 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z "Girl in a Band" is structured a bit like a song, with a basic frame subtly shaping digressions and noise as well as melody. 'Girl in a Band' is Kim Gordon's unconventional self-creation tale 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z This isn’t to say that King’s digressions are uninteresting, or even irrelevant. A True-Crime Mystery From the 1950s, Fueled by Racism and Corruption 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Recorded live in LA with people he's genuinely enthused by, it's the same format as Richard Herring's, with fewer digressions about male parts. Catch-up TV guide: from 30 Rock to Noise - A Human History 2013-03-30T06:00:07Z A rather anxious digression that suddenly made Lost in Showbiz recall a 2008 outburst by Jason Beghe, the Scientology whistleblower who has since become a linchpin of the acclaimed documentary Going Clear. Will Smith: just an ordinary guy being forced to run for president 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Now that we can consume series at our own pace, our tolerance for convoluted narrative arcs, enormous casts and season-long digressions has increased hugely. The age of comfort TV: why people are secretly watching Friends and The Office on a loop 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z The salads were delicious; I cut out our long digression about baby wearing techniques. Writing a novel about Jews set in 1942—without Hitler: “Once you mention Hitler’s name, his mustache is in the room. The stakes change” 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z There’s a long digression about the Hapsburg prince Rudolf, whose suicide led to his cousin Ferdinand eventually inheriting the reins of the empire. | 'The Blue Flower': ?The Blue Flower? at Second Stage Theater - Review 2011-11-10T03:01:06Z Contemplations, reflections and digressions around musicians, trends, albums and enthusiams by the Observer's Paul Morley Paul Morley's Showing Off ... index Why do we hate modern classical music? Alex Ross: Clash of the critics 2010-12-12T00:01:00Z Like the quail they chew on in between monologues and digressions, Wally and André are an acquired taste. ‘My Dinner With André’ at 40: Still Serving Hot Takes 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z “I am interested in understanding how she and I are relatives,” the narrator says in one of her better digressions, and one answer she contemplates is: in Minkowski spacetime. Was That Really Me? A Novelist Discovers Her Younger Self 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z She excluded her most recent Top 20 hit, the Sam Hunt duet “Wishful Drinking,” from physical versions of her new album, “Good Person,” lest it be a digression. Ingrid Andress, a Nashville Outsider Who Paved Her Own Path In 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z There are digressions about Michael's introduction to Demerol, the painkiller he was allegedly addicted to when he died, by his friend Elizabeth Taylor. The Jacksons: 'People have tried to tear down our family name' 2013-02-21T18:57:00Z The one shortcoming of "A Burglar's Guide to the City" is its fragmented structure, full of tangents and digressions which add up to hundreds of vignettes but no sustained narrative. Geoff Manaugh's 'A Burglar's Guide to the City' is a unique take on urban planning 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z In the courtroom, he audaciously peppers his narrative with some amusing and untrue digressions — like when the NSA turn up at a crime scene wearing diapers. Jack Kesy is a chatty hacker in comic thriller "Dark Web," in which the truth is loosely defined 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z The album’s title track inspired the liveliest digressions from both guitarists, and the longest lead-in before the vocals. Music Review: Enjoying the Quiet Pleasures of a Meeting of Minds 2011-06-07T21:45:26Z “The Watergate” suffers at times from a suffocating level of detail, with lengthy digressions into Historic Preservation Review Board controversies and unnecessary asides like refinancing the mortgage on one of the buildings. ‘The Watergate’ Review: An Edifice on the Potomac 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Robertson has created a persuasive voice for these reflections, salty and sassy, occasionally flaring into hot bursts of anger, and prone to gin-fueled digressions. Theater Review: Audra McDonald in ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill’ 2014-04-14T02:00:01Z I used the word eccentric before to describe his storytelling style, and it includes delightful digressions into his own life experiences. Woody Allen Reviews a Graphic Tale of a Scandalous Starlet 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z We only go along with the book's violence because there are the safety valves of unreliability and chapter-long digressions about Whitney Houston. Was Stephen King right to hate Stanley Kubrick's Shining? 2013-04-06T07:03:01Z Naturally his kitchen-sink approach allows for digressions involving the Bank of England, fascism and electroplating. Catch-up TV Guide: from The Wire to The Vice Guide To The Olympics 2012-08-03T23:05:19Z The whole is much more than the sum of its parts, even as its minutiae and digressions make you impatiently flip pages to get back to Dr. Samuel Jean Pozzi’s story. Letters to the Editor 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z This occasionally results in awkward transitions of the “Oh, and that reminds me” sort, and for some out-of-nowhere digressions of a kind that would have pleased the elder Pliny. They Were the Renaissance Men of Roman Antiquity 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z It was not only a timeless philosophical digression from rote urban education but a soulful look at all the complications and complaining of the human condition. Ahab’s White Whale and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z But the generosity of the 135-minute concert allowed for some digressions. Eddie Vedder gets most out of ukulele jam 2011-06-29T06:56:00Z Those looking for a sleek life story will sometimes be maddened by Perl’s digressions. The magical movement of Calder’s mobiles — and mind 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Mathews’s is a long book, full of back story and digression, which is no knock on it per se; for what is a good novel — or a good life — but a long series of digressions? A Debut Novel Imagines Political Intrigue at the 1939 World’s Fair 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z He answers most questions with forthright brevity, then darts off on scattered digressions. Al Green, the soul legend and Kennedy Center honoree, is still tired of being alone Each chapter moves the central story forward but is also a digression. Review | ‘Very Nice’ is a good book to pack for your vacation. But maybe it’s more than that. 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Its rowdy digressions and introspective weight made it seem longer than it was: just twenty-five minutes. A Year in Marking the Time with Music 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z He does not dispense two-dollar words; he keeps digressions tidy and to a minimum; he jettisons weight, on occasion, for speed. The New Definitive Biography of Martin Luther King Jr. 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z In a sense, Figes’s book — like “Tristram Shandy” — is all digressions. Review | A welcome reminder that there’s value to being a citizen of the world 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Rodland, a soft-spoken man with graying hair and a well-kept beard, tends to punctuate his conversations with long silences and looping digressions about theory and popular culture. Torbjorn Rodland’s Puzzling Photos Are Unsettling and Arousing 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Out of Baudelaire's works and days Calasso weaves a series of interrelated digressions on the writers and artists who were his subjects, acquaintances, contemporaries and followers. La Folie Baudelaire by Roberto Calasso, translated by Alastair McEwen - review 2012-12-28T22:55:02Z Mr. Jimenez, a writer-performer who moved to Brooklyn when he was 9, segues seamlessly between reminiscences and digressions, English and Spanish. Review: Hopscotching Between Worlds in ‘My Dear Brooklyn’ 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Since his meander to China becomes a superb digression into the Anglo-Chinese opium wars, perhaps it doesn't matter that he made the train thing up. WG Sebald: Darkness on the edge of Anglia 2011-01-25T21:31:00Z “Drinking Buddies” follows the eddies and digressions of everyday life. Movie Review: In Joe Swanberg’s ‘Drinking Buddies,’ Couples Face Tests 2013-08-22T20:54:18Z His celebration of this American empire is soaring and sincere — “the second home of every free person on the planet” — and often incomprehensible, laced with name-dropping digressions, circuitous analogies and mixed metaphors. New Directions for American Foreign Policy 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z He looked at the vice president, who might’ve been praying for the president to bring his digression full circle. Perspective | ‘How do you get through that whole stuff?’: Donald Trump leads a nation in prayer 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z And she includes numerous digressions of tangential relevance: Buddhism, William James on reason, the limitations of language used by the Amazonian Pirahã people. Review | Samantha Harvey’s ‘The Shapeless Unease’ delves into the quotidian torture of insomnia 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z These were welcome digressions, but the show took a wrong turn with “El Encuentro.” Review: Sonia Olla Flamenco Company, Passionately Blending Cultures 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The book is structured as the transcripts of conversations between Alicia and her therapist, with digressions on grief, physics and love. 8 Books Coming in December 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Gluck, Stubbs said, “wanted to eliminate all the twists and turns and digressions of plot that characterized late-Baroque opera.” Gluck’s revolution: Pacific MusicWorks performs ‘Orphée,’ an opera by Marie Antoinette’s music teacher 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z This was also evident in his entertaining first novel, “Dear American Airlines,” written as a letter to that air carrier and consisting almost entirely of memories, digressions and regrets. Books of The Times: ‘Want Not,’ a Novel by Jonathan Miles 2013-12-23T20:40:40Z This self-indulgent digression is intended to validate my place at the Dusty altar. Theater Review: ‘Forever Dusty’ at New World Stages 2012-11-21T21:57:24Z It's also a journey through Pegg's formative influences, complete with digressions, flights of fantasy and strongly held opinions. Fanboy goes to Hollywood in Simon Pegg's memoir 2011-06-17T19:57:06Z These and other digressions will engage different readers to different extents. The Sea Inside by Philip Hoare – review 2013-05-30T06:30:01Z Mr. Shirow’s comics are complex and dense, with digressions into computer security, thermo-optical camouflage, the use of “fiber-optic film to detect pressure and temperature in cyborgs,” and the like. The Live-Action Birth of ‘Ghost in the Shell’ 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z A television journalist, Ausiello interjected digressions on his love for “Felicity” into his recollections of biopsies and scans. ‘Spoiler Alert’ Review: Perfect Strangers Form Family Ties 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z He's got the sharpest monologue, the most interesting digressions and skits, and the best interviewing skills. Why you should be watching Jimmy Kimmel 2010-12-05T00:01:00Z But Mr. Zapruder’s poems aren’t inherently formal — he has a way with the quotidian digression, and there’s disarming ambiguity at work here. Review: Missy Mazzoli’s Unsettling ‘Vespers for a New Dark Age’ 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z “Crazy, Stupid, Love” takes its time, understanding that digression can be more important, and more satisfying, than relentless forward momentum. | 'Crazy, Stupid, Love': What?s a Guy to Do if His Wife Cheats on Him? Head to the Mall 2011-07-29T00:02:43Z But her thoroughness is marred by frequent digressions, and when specific names and facts become unmoored from their original context, too often they fail to register. Review: ‘Group f.64,’ by Mary Street Alinder celebrates photography’s revolutionaries 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z A vast, labyrinthine funnel, the site revels in profusion, diversion, digression and, ultimately, the interconnectedness of human endeavor of nearly every sort, a “Tristram Shandy” for the digital age. Denis Dutton, Philosopher, Dies at 66 2011-01-01T03:57:45Z The trouble is that Serge's praise for the Bolsheviks is often embedded in a digression or implicitly contradicts other statements: it was an issue on which he was obviously in two minds. Memoirs of a Revolutionary by Victor Serge – review 2012-08-17T21:55:02Z Pierre’s decline occupies the majority of the narrative, with occasional digressions: Yanis’s thoughts drift to his wife’s death, and he reflects on his boyhood near the sea. Buying Dora Maar’s Diary on eBay and Other Classy Tales From France 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z He based his style on digressions and riffs—the monologue as jam session.” Sunday Reading: The Art of the Profile 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z The “restrained but remarkably arresting” result, our reviewer Lucy Scholes writes, is “a master class in digression as a narrative device.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Shorter is a notoriously elliptical conversationalist, prone to cosmic digression and quick-fire allusion. Wayne Shorter’s New Album Is ‘Without a Net’ 2013-01-31T17:38:26Z References like those — and a digression about the couple’s politics — are oddly literal for a nearly metaphorical story about art and mortality. In San Francisco, a Week of Destination Opera 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Distressing digressions to a conversation between a young girl and her mother emphasize the movie’s surreality and remind us that, for some, freedom can be more terrifying than seductive. ‘John and the Hole’ Review: Growing Pains 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z It's a solitary activity, through which you can actually make something beautiful and new from digressions and memories. No happy trees here – HBO's "Painting With John" is a dark and dreamy contemplation of artistry 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z She constantly interrupts herself, asking rhetorical questions, aborting thoughts, shifting into digressions. Critic’s Notebook: Julie Klausner’s Podcast, ‘How Was Your Week?’ 2012-12-31T23:26:34Z But a “Messiah” review does not require the kind of technical digression that becomes necessary when writing about any performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers. Music Review: Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin 2013-01-03T23:10:05Z Sometimes the digressions into immunobiology and the social organization of wasps seemed relevant; sometimes they didn’t. Books of The Times: ?The Neighborhood Project? by David Sloan Wilson - Review 2011-08-31T22:00:25Z Her memoir reveals a chaotic and fractured psyche, and, unfortunately, some of her New Age digressions border on incoherent. The unending agony of Marina Abramovic 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z As its title suggests, the “Back to Bass” tour is a realignment, a return to form after some fanciful digressions. Music Review: Sting at Roseland Ballroom - Review 2011-11-09T22:11:10Z Describing installations like “The Creation Myth,” he hooks you with his endless detours and digressions while somehow keeping up a smarmily professional, Koonsian facade. Art Review: ‘Jason Rhoades: Four Roads’ at Penn 2013-12-19T23:02:30Z At the end of a digression about the scars of youth and the perils of age, she paused and, with a comedienne’s timing, quipped: “Doctors are assh---s.” Perspective | Cloris Leachman rose to the bottom of our hearts 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z In plot, too, “Berlin” is a Woolfian mirror: Red herrings and cliffhangers stoke interest by conforming to expectations, until the novel undercuts them with digressions and anticlimaxes, reveling in its own formal impunity. The Loneliness, and Danger, of Being a Young Woman in a New City 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z The novel contains every aspect of this quest, including long digressions that describe trips to the gas station, a hair salon or a tedious party for toddlers. Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle’ Is a Movement 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Like his previous outings, this “Time” is a bold and unvarnished recapitulation of Linke’s tribulations and triumphs, told with considerable wit and enough self-deprecation to mitigate its sometimes simplistic philosophical digressions. One-man-show revisits ghosts of the past — including his own 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z This William Christie-led period-instrument group often performs Baroque opera when it passes through New York, but here, in a program titled “Music for Marie Antoinette,” the ensemble makes a welcome digression into later music. Classical Music in NYC This Week 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Such digressions, however informative or entertaining, sometimes seem out of proportion to their biographical importance. Review | Beloved, patriotic, sentimental: A look at the life and poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z He is an affable man who smiles readily, listens empathetically, speaks with long, engaging digressions that invariably circle around to arrive at a sharp point, and enjoys close friendships with many people around the world. Using His Camera as a Witness and Weapon 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z He’s fond of thwarted symmetry and surprising digressions. 2010-01-08T03:49:00Z A subplot about butt augmentation is a bad misfire, both scolding and flippant; a digression into Jamie’s marriage is dull. Review: ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ on Netflix Is a Bold Reboot From Spike Lee 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Indeed, the very announcement that the season will center around education plays as a loopy digression. Jordan Klepper, Wyatt Cenac, and the Citizen Journalism of Class Clowns Made Good 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Additionally, too many asides and digressions hinder the novel's pacing, while not all of the back story will be understandable to those who haven't read previous books in the series. 'Hush Hush' speaks volumes about dark domestic impulses 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Instead, these atypical sequels offer different perspectives and left-turn digressions for familiar characters. Atypical sequels abound at Tribeca Film Festival 2011-04-27T17:57:08Z Reviewers of “My Struggle” frequently praised Knausgaard’s essayistic talent, and readers who enjoyed the novel’s digressions on, say, Dostoyevsky or Paul Celan will find here the same mingling of critical and personal reflection. In Searching Essays, Knausgaard Extols the Freedom and Limitations of Art 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z There are lengthy quotations and entertaining but frequent digressions. Books of The Times: ?God?s Jury? by Cullen Murphy - Review 2012-01-18T22:38:44Z The early meandering — including bland pages on former pro turned tournament director James Blake and a curious digression on a 1964 Susan Sontag essay — reflects a lack of focus that is distinctly un-Serena like. Review | Serena Williams is more than a tennis player. ‘Seeing Serena’ offers a prismatic view of her impact. 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Brooks’s vision, if I’m untangling it correctly from all that Derridean je ne sais quoi, is that plot isn’t about endings, necessarily, it’s about the digressions that separate the beginning and the ending. The Nonsense of an Ending: In Defense of the Middles of Books 2012-01-04T15:58:18Z As with “Driving Mr. Albert,” this book highlights Mr. Paterniti’s excessive love of digression, which undermines faith that the main story is strong enough to captivate readers. Books of The Times: Michael Paterniti’s ‘Telling Room,’ Set in Rural Spain 2013-07-22T20:29:40Z Even this apparent digression with its minorly clever point — that writing is a kind of con game — serves as a breathing space, a slight pause before the rush of my final two paragraphs. Review | The greatest prison escape ever? ‘The Confidence Men’ tells a sensational true story. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The cast awkwardly veer between peppy contemporary digressions and bits and pieces lifted from Woolf’s works. A French Festival Focuses (Timidly) on English 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Instead, he used a jazzy rhythm and spoke quickly, in bursts of stammering digressions that mixed repurposed Yiddish with rhetorical turns of phrases that aimed for literary pleasures. Lenny Bruce Shattered Taboos, but Was He Funny? 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z It’s her self-effacing buoyancy that sustains the piece, even at the few moments when it teeters on the brink of excessive digression. Review | Seeing Broadway’s ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ feels like a patriotic act. Here’s why. 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z And you don’t need to be an aspiring actor to enjoy Mirren’s digressions on her facial expressions in “The Queen,” or her axioms that can apply to any person, in any profession. Is the future of education paying $90 to watch Werner Herzog tell stories about eating maggots? 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z In the meantime, it serves as an unexpected and forceful reminder that, sometimes, we collectively indulge a horrifying digression. “I’m with Hillary 2016”: A Clinton Campaign Sign’s Final Resting Place 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Edward King in the Sunday Times was equally positive: "Passionately written and full to bursting with digressions and anecdotes, Frampton's book does an excellent job of bringing Montaigne and his historical context to life." Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2011-02-19T00:05:27Z In Sebald, Norfolk is never the focus but rather the beginning of a digression. Ian Sansom: the secrets of literary Norfolk 2013-07-26T15:15:00Z If not, the digressions into states of being could come off as a bit silly. Review: Philip Glass and the Meaning of Life 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Unlike “Album,” which was largely speedy and focused, “Father, Son, Holy Ghost” is full of distractions and digressions. Music Review: Girls at the Bowery Ballroom - Review 2011-09-23T23:01:27Z Like Junger, he is willing to get to the place of maximum danger, but tends, when he gets there, to drift into digressions that wind us more tightly into the scene. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z The Wood Brothers put out another Blue Note album, “Loaded,” in 2008, gradually seeming less and less like a digression, and more and more like the main point. New Music from Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame 2011-08-08T22:27:29Z Turbulent, violent, laced with corrupting digressions, it was also a time when most Americans felt the future could be bent to their wills. What the Tumultuous Year 1968 Can Teach Us About Today 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Mehldau — tracing connections, making digressions, but never quite forsaking the original framework — sounds both grounded and almost boundless. Brad Mehldau Evolves in ‘10 Years Solo Live,’ a New Boxed Set 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z When the keyboardist Kris Bowers performed his song “#TheProtestor” in Harlem two years ago, it featured a bracing topical digression by the vocalist Chris Turner. A Cri de Coeur From Jazz Musicians in a Black Lives Matter Age 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Tyrnauer, sitting next to Bowers and gently nudging his digressions on track, confirms that he called the Kinsey Institute to check Bowers’ tale. Hollywood's secret history: Scotty Bowers on sex and stars in the Golden Era 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The internet had a field day with the clip, finding more ammo to call out the star for his past digressions. Why do celebrities like Justin Timberlake exploit Blackness to get ahead? 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z The production, which originated as an idea for TV, will move to Copenhagen in May, before what Vesth called a “huge” post-production period devoted to complicated visual-effects work and “digressions about art and architecture”. Lars von Trier negotiating for Cannes return after 2011 Nazi comments ban 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Now in his mid-80s, he is slender and quick, a New York talker, a man of polished anecdotes, long digressions, and strong opinions disguised with smiles. Gimme gimme gimme: how to increase your willpower 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z The remainder of his speech was a bumper-car pileup of grievances, digressions, false boasts and casual calumny. ‘THIS IS AN ASSAULT’: History collides with Trump 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The book includes stimulating digressions on the atmosphere and publishing scene in 16th-century Venice. Who Really Discovered America? 2011-06-03T16:52:04Z Though some of the narrator’s observations on traveling are interesting, the real pleasures of “Flights” are in the digressions and stories she intersperses throughout. Review | ‘Flights’ is a beautifully fragmented look at man’s longing for permanence 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z But the plot soon proves as elusive as the boffin, rapidly abandoned in favour of increasingly bizarre left turns and hilarious digressions, including a hilarious routine about devising a new system of mathematics. This week's new comedy 2011-03-05T00:07:44Z Into 10 minutes, the pilot packs Axe Cop’s back story, surreal digressions explaining the histories of other characters, and a full-fledged rescue mission involving flying, brain-eating dinosaurs. Television Review: ‘Axe Cop’ and ‘High School USA!,’ Animation Shorts on Fox 2013-07-19T21:15:01Z Our one digression was a stop at President Tyler’s plantation, where the past is much in evidence. On the Virginia Capital Trail, bike through 400 years of history in 52 miles 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The Universe Within may not quite deliver on the promise of its opening pages, but digressions such as these illuminate the story of discovery in unexpected and hugely enjoyable ways. The Universe Within by Neil Shubin – review 2013-02-01T07:00:02Z There is a savvy and strange digression into the movies of the golden age, many of which Lehman Brothers financed. The Story of the Lehman Brothers, from Bavaria to Alabama, and From the Heights to the Crash 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z The new piece is a bit more structured as she performs the entire album in order, and the anecdotes and digressions are scripted. Review: In ‘Why’d Ya Do It,’ a Spiky Séance With Marianne Faithfull 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z In this entertaining debut novel, full of postmodern digressions, a young professor tries to write a biography of his political activist mother. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Like the staccato rhythm of the chapters featuring the crow, Dead Papa Toothwort’s voice is also frantic, with his narration interrupted by wayward digressions. A Writer’s Deathbed Portrait of Francis Bacon 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z There are digressions and some wonderful visual fillips — beautifully curved trees and noble stone statues lined up like soldiers. Review: ‘Legend of the Mountain,’ a Magical Mystery Marathon in Ancient China 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Writing a book about the quest for ethical perfection, Schur risked coming across as unbearably pedantic or worse, sanctimonious, but he grounds his overviews of abstract doctrines in self-deprecating digressions. Michael Schur’s Unending Quest to Be Perfect 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z In a story full of all kinds of narrative wanderings and digressions, Buddy thinks back on his saintly, much-loved older brother, years after his suicide, and tries to account for his odd radiance. 2010-01-28T21:05:00Z These digressions are like dreams, but they very well may be real. Charlie Kaufman's exasperating "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" could've been a masterpiece 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z It's something of a departure for the label, but with digressions like this who needs reiterations? New band of the day (Jessy Lanza 1,547) 2013-07-05T12:25:30Z In its entertaining narrative, full of postmodern digressions, a young professor tries to write a biography of his political activist mother. 9 Great Books to Start Off September 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z He also simplified Díaz’s dense, flowery writing, which is filled with long digressions ranging from footnotes to entire chapters. ‘Oscar Wao’ Review: The Tragedy, and Comedy, of Manhood 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Brief digressions into Greek myth provide a helpful counterpoint, but some of the consequences of Lucy’s experiences are skipped over. Review | Can a woman find true love with a handsome fish? 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z The Burley Cross residents also share a dangerous weakness for digression, deferral and what one letter-writer calls the "gratuitous outpouring of hysterical waffle". Burley Cross Postbox Theft by Nicola Barker 2010-05-14T23:27:00Z After a crushing decade, Ouologuem returned to Mali, where he remained resolutely silent on the matter, responding to questions about his aborted literary career with digressions or outbursts of anger, refusing even to speak French. Plagiarist or Master? The Tortured Legacy of Yambo Ouologuem 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z As he does on the album, he played the theme once through, taking no digressions, and embellishing the melody with clear restraint. Music Review: Noah Preminger at the Jazz Standard 2013-05-22T20:44:54Z But when the digressions are more engaging than the main story, something’s fatally wrong. Review: Familiar Rock Dreams in ‘Gettin’ the Band Back Together’ 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z There are long, idiosyncratic digressions in which he views his situation through various literary lenses – readings of Tintin, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Macbeth and the poetry of Plath. Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked by James Lasdun – review 2013-02-16T14:00:01Z But there was room in his mind for plenty of digressions. Daniel Bell, Ardent Appraiser of Politics, Economics and Culture, Dies at 91 2011-01-26T16:05:52Z 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 Exasperated as I was at times by the digressions and stretches for relevance, I had fallen entirely under Schama’s spell by the end. Simon Schama’s ‘The Story of the Jews’: a dazzling history 2014-03-26T19:51:44Z Mr. Felder leads the best of these digressions, and like his teammates he sounds thrillingly unrestricted. New Music: New CDs by David Weiss and Lloyd 2011-07-05T00:30:51Z It is padded with redundancies, digressions and trivia, lacks footnotes and offers few substantive revelations about the case. ‘Redeeming the Dream,’ by Theodore B. Olson and David Boies 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z The digressions and flashbacks rest on a familiar sequence: a crisis is followed by an attempt at sobriety and, usually, a relapse. Review: In ‘Beautiful Boy,’ a Writer Confronts His Son’s Meth Addiction 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Everything renowned about Wolfe’s style — the gonzo participation, the spirographic digression, the sound effects — originated in admiring deference before a “style of life” beyond his own comprehension. Perspective | How Tom Wolfe’s ‘I Am Charlotte Simmons’ sounded the death knell for New Journalism 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Sometimes it is — her disparate threads sometimes feel like digressions and occasionally fail to cohere — but more often than not that bigness is a virtue. Is Fear the Last Taboo of American Motherhood? 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z We plan to do a section of the 149-mile route from Porto to Santiago in three days, averaging nine miles a day, with occasional digressions from the pilgrim trail. Walking the other way: the Portuguese Camino 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z And while her story takes a few meandering digressions, that’s only natural, considering the gleefully reckless way she and David careered through their 20s, without much thought given to a future career. Review: ‘David’s Friend’ Dances Through New York’s Disco Nights 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Well, actually, careers these days are one big digression. On the Runway Blog: Culdesac: A Children's Story 2012-01-06T17:21:35Z In any event, Acaster packs his jokes into a tricky structure in which ideas cohere through metaphors and digressions. Can You Love a Stand-Up Special About Loathing? 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Mendelsohn is a trained classicist, and as he notes, one of the ancient Greek words for “digression” doubles as the language’s term for scholarly commentary. Celebrating Strange Faces, Gorgeous Sentences and Circular Prose 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z There are digressions into the plot of a mystery novel the narrator is reading that, like the vacuum cleaner in “Yellow Submarine,” self-suck and disappear. Sigrid Nunez Follows ‘The Friend’ With a Sorrowful, Funny Novel About Death 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z The first, published in 1958, is a digression on deer hunting. As Maine goes, so goes the nation: Will this small city’s mayoral election predict a Trump victory in 2016? 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The series has the ragged, lively immediacy of the first season of "Homicide: Life on the Street," but without the lengthy philosophical digressions and interrogation room scenes. "Southland": TV's best cop show survives -- and thrives 2011-03-01T15:02:00Z In a sense, “Midnights” is Swift’s return to the pop pipeline after her digressions of the past couple of years. The Clock Strikes: Time for Taylor Swift’s New LP, ‘Midnights’ 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Her jokes hinged on digressions that appear more chaotic than they really are. Going Topless, Tig Notaro Takes Over Town Hall 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z And a few digressions with a dandyish critic, whose only purpose is to limp wristedly flutter his handkerchief and repeatedly declare Shakespeare a forgettable failure. | 'Shakespeare?s Slave': A Love-Struck Romeo Finds Inspiration at Last 2011-06-01T21:11:06Z The relevant facts in these digressions point to a brick apocalypse that dates back as far as 1895. A Team of Engineers Invented a Brick-Laying Robot. This Is Their Story. 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z This historical digression, though interesting and well researched, seems shoehorned into the book. A Poet Who Loves Tennis Follows the Grand Tour, in Prose 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Curtis masterfully creates the quintessential kid voice, fresh and funny, complete with humorous digressions, reflecting the way a child's mind often works. Kathryn Erskine's top 10 first person narratives 2012-02-09T12:13:49Z Indeed, she might have been better off starting there, as some of the earlier chapters seem almost like digressions. Sylvia Nasar's 'Grand Pursuit' devalued by errors 2011-09-07T20:10:05Z King compensates with long digressions, many of them fascinating, into the larger social and political backstory. Monet’s last, desperate effort to create the world’s most beautiful paintings 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z As “Creatures” unfolds, Van Meter subverts narrative expectations by making long and frequent digressions away from the compelling present, pre-wedding story line, to reveal either the past or future. Off the Coast of Los Angeles, a Father and Daughter Fight to Survive 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z And this might be tiresome if the digressions weren’t so good, so fully realized and meticulously, skillfully rendered. This Novel Opens With a Suicide and a Suitcase of Cash. Then Things Get Really Interesting. 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z This time, his curiosity may surpass the reader’s; “Telegraph Avenue” feels over-dense, larded with digressions that hamper the acceleration of its complicated plot. ‘Telegraph Avenue,’ by Michael Chabon 2012-09-08T00:17:29Z The novel hits odd digressions as if they were potholes. Review: In Nell Zink’s ‘Mislaid,’ a Lesbian on the Run Masquerades as Black 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z His stories are full of digressions and long flashbacks; he circles around his plots for the longest time, as if he were doing reconnaissance on them before deciding to go in for the kill. Adapting John le Carr? Novels for the Movies 2011-09-18T00:03:03Z But I really like digressions, and so I wanted to be able to write like dialogue. Q&A with Jade Sharma, author of the edgy debut 'Problems' 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z But Mr. Andrews doesn’t allow for much political digression; his subject is as clear as the face staring back in the mirror. New Music: New Albums by Iggy Azalea, Kelis and Glen David Andrews 2014-04-21T22:02:03Z As Kinevane cycles through minor anecdotes and big scenes, you’re tempted to say the show is a touch too thick with detail and digression. Review | Irish actor Pat Kinevane offers a solo tour de force with his award-winning ‘Silent’ 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z There was a good digression into flamenco music on this week's nominations thread and it was a deep-end immersion for me. Readers recommend: Songs with handclaps ? the results 2010-07-15T21:08:00Z She doesn’t quite sustain the narrative tension for the book’s duration, however, and there is a good deal of digression into Rahr’s decades-long organizing efforts at home and abroad. The Man Who Tried to Catch the 100-Pound Salmon 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z He looks at it, and then brings a ladder that doesn’t reach; when he tries to climb it despite this, the steps give out under him, a Buster Keaton-style digression. Review: In ‘With No Fanfare,’ Things Fall Apart 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z These digressions are absorbing but all too brief, as Bascomb hurries to the next starting line. The Jewish Race-Car Driver Who Outpaced the Nazis 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z In a recent episode — the podcast is releasing a summer “mini-season” while working on a more expansive Season 2 — her opening monologue leaps into a digression about her own life story. The Art of the Taboo Podcast Interview 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Contemplations, reflections and digressions around musicians, trends, albums and enthusiams by the Observer's Paul Morley Previous: 26 Mar 2010: Paul Morley showing off ... Polar Bear and Brad Mehldau: it's not just jazz, it's the sound of freedom 2010-03-28T01:16:00Z But she declines to examine such issues in detail, electing instead to pelt the reader with extraneous digressions about “Moby-Dick” and a visit she once made to the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Books of The Times: Some Stuff She Knows About Hawaii 2011-04-17T20:53:54Z Whether by default or by choice, Ms. Cooper is a strictly utilitarian guitarist, not given to digression. Music Review: Banter Is Cheery, but Songs Are Not 2011-04-27T21:53:46Z In the telescope’s view, there’s something more subtle but no less staggering lurking, too, which can best be introduced via a slight sky-watching digression. Stunning Images Reveal Rogue Planets of the Orion Nebula 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The nature and possibility of immortality is a recurring theme, and digressions abound — communicating trees, broken families, Chernobyl, death, etc. 30 books we can't wait to read this fall 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The steady cadences of Gupta’s narration guide the listener along as we meander through philosophical digressions and playful eddies, conveying the charming stylistic flourishes of Shree’s Hindi, as faithfully translated by Daisy Rockwell. Celebrate Women in Translation Month with these 6 audiobooks 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Both books, in conjunction with Kundera’s other work, challenged preconceptions about the novel, interweaving asides and digressions, philosophy and autobiography. Appreciation: In a world full of lies, Milan Kundera taught us how to be free 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z In Fire Weather, there are fewer narrative guardrails, and as a result the book can feel meandering, with digressions that seem indulgent. When a Wildfire Burns a City Built for Extracting Oil 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z That leads to a digression about, as Baker puts it, “that one cool teacher who was like, ‘Hey kid, I heard your band is releasing a record — you don’t have to turn in your homework! The supergroup Boygenius are happiest making sad music together 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z In contrast to DeSantis' sober and policy-heavy event, Trump's first visit to Iowa this election cycle featured his familiar high-spirited stew of braggadocio, digressions and broadsides against his enemies, including the Florida governor. Analysis: Trump, DeSantis offer stark contrast in first Iowa forays 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z These digressions initially seem like a miscalculation on West’s part. Review: Jim Gaffigan stares down reality as a man with big dreams in 'Linoleum' 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z But the 58-year-old author appears less interested in that central story than in its myriad digressions, as flashbacks paint a chilling portrait of the disparate and damaged personalities ensnared by Hollywood’s allure. Review | Tim Blake Nelson’s debut novel is a chilling portrait of Hollywood 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Musk began a 2020 deposition in a lawsuit by Tesla whistleblower Martin Tripp with a rambling digression about the meaning of "whole truth" when asked if he understood his legal obligation. Grilling Musk: use CEO's tweets, thin skin against him, trial experts say 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z He can be a challenging writer, prone to long digressions, serial descriptions and elaborate concepts. A survey of McNally Editions, the boutique publisher of out-of-print gems 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Even so, you’ll find yourself leaning forward in your seat, the better to drink in a conversation rich in metaphors and dissections of metaphors, in semantic arguments, theological digressions and parabolic asides. Review: Ensemble acting doesn't get much better than in Sarah Polley's brilliant 'Women Talking' 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Vice News obtained clips that were not aired, including "numerous antisemitic sentiments from Ye" and "a strange and lengthy digression about 'fake children' he claimed were planted in his house." Kanye West's road to Trump's dinner table was paved by GOP and Fox News hype 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Indeed, we’re treated to lengthy digressions about coyote ecology, the history of New England’s stone walls and a documentary about naked mole rats. How Beavers Shaped America, from Capitalism to Climate Change 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z You’re supposed to read not in spite of the digressions and diversions that stand between you and the denouement, but because of them; the little things aren’t extraneous but essential. Opinion | Sam Bankman-Fried doesn’t read. That tells us everything. 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Simmons’s path to becoming an artist was likewise marked by shifts and digressions. Xaviera Simmons Is Embarrassed for America 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z His digressions into talk about the debt ceiling did not appear to land. Obama in demand as Biden struggles to energize crowds 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z As direct as he can be when making a point he doesn’t want readers to miss, Gay prefers digressions that are, in and of themselves, dialectical enchantments. Review | Ross Gay’s ‘Inciting Joy’ is a gift that’s meant to be shared 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z But unlike Trump, who is easily sidetracked — recall his digressions on topics like flushing toilets — Lake is a polished speaker, the result of a quarter century in television news. Trumpism Beyond Trump 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z He could veer off into rabbit-hole digressions that could wend for dozens of pages. Javier Marías, celebrated Spanish author, dies at 70 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Some are extremely dark, others are relatively lighthearted, and even the digressions add something to the greater, interconnected mythology or work upon Dream’s understanding of himself. Netflix's lively, unusual adaptation makes the most of Neil Gaiman's ‘The Sandman’ 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z In that sense, this column is a digression. Why You Should Be Wary of Wall Street’s Upbeat Stock Forecasts 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z There are digressions as well, including a rather moving sequence recounting a victim’s life and compare-and-contrast flashbacks to the childhoods of Keene and Hall. Ray Liotta is perfectly cast in his final TV performance 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z But by the time “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” reaches its heartwarming conclusion, it begins to meander, its wistful evocation of time, loss and meaning giving way to gratuitous goofiness and focus-pulling digressions. Review | ‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’ is adorable (maybe too adorable?) 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z “A description is also a digression and so is dialogue,” he said in 2017. Javier Marías, celebrated Spanish author, dies at 70 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z This is a bouillabaisse of a book: a meaty, messy mélange of stories, hunches, studies, digressions, contradictions and, occasionally, blazing insight. Review | A generous exploration of creativity that embraces its mysteries 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z An apparent digression about aliens notwithstanding, the meeting’s results were fairly predictable but illuminating for anybody who’s spent too much time obsessing over ominous phrases like “authenticate all humans” in the past few months. This Week in Elon: smashing the irony button 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The departure from the series’ namesake city is accompanied by episode-long digressions from the core four’s storylines — detours that comprise nearly half of the 10 episodes in the penultimate season that concluded Thursday. Perspective | Why ‘Atlanta’ Season 3 was such a letdown 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Many compared his brashness to Mr. Trump’s and brushed away the photos of him partying or goofing off as the digressions of a young man. In Madison Cawthorn’s District, Strong Opinions of Him, For and Against 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Footage from the couple’s time around animals in the eponymous continent offer dreamlike digressions into a soothing past to break up the cumulative vignettes as an important local celebration approaches and Meir becomes more irritable. Review: An aging Israeli man struggles to find meaning in the insightful drama 'Africa' 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Indeed, Lazar’s delay in explaining the title proves canny, heightening the tension that percolates beneath his evasions and digressions. Review: Love among the ruins of Trump's America in Zachary Lazar's engrossing novel 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z I know this is kind of a long digression from where you started, but it is because the problem of trying to fix social media at scale is so hard. Government surveillance, Elon Musk, and free speech, with EFF executive director Cindy Cohn 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z An absurdist fantasia that skewers the idea of work as innately meaningful, “Tin Cat Shoes” layers digression upon digression, a knot of shaggy dog stories that’s amusing and enervating in about equal measure. Washington Ensemble Theatre’s ‘Tin Cat Shoes’ takes an appealingly odd look at meaning of work 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z His lyrical digressions have the capacity to magically lift a veil on the past. Review: The hidden message for Ukraine in Mahler's Seventh Symphony 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Interstitial case studies could merit entire chapters, from a Monacan burial mound in Thomas Jefferson's backyard to a digression on whether gender or occupation can be inferred from remains. A Reverse Journey through Geologic Time, a Tale of Wild Horses and Interspecies Kinship, and More 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Duncan goes into fascinating detail about all this — page numbers get an entire chapter of their own — with digressions into curious byways of booklore and literature. Review | Sure, Google is handy, but what about the mighty book index? 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z A lunch at a food truck in Jackson, Miss., leads to a digression on catfish farming — brief enough to be forgettable, long enough to wonder about the point. Review | An ‘exile’ from the American South finds the nation’s soul there 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z “Like, ‘Oh man, I love this song’ or share my memories, but I had to save those digressions for later with my friends because Pablo was telling me, ‘We’re rolling.’ Pieces of a princess: Kristen Stewart and Pablo Larraín break down three key 'Spencer' scenes 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Known for her penchant for digressions and tangents, Solnit leaves no row unhoed as she simultaneously explores the roots of Orwell’s prolific literary output and the fecund history of roses. What does George Orwell's garden tell us about his writing, you ask? Everything 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Haugen essentially shrugged off this concern, equating the digression with a gnat trying to distract from the elephant in the room. Perspective | The whistleblower came to advocate for humans over algorithms 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z To others, this might seem like disturbing democratic digression. Opinion | Tucker Carlson’s Hungarian adventure gives right-wing populists a new tagline: Disdain America first 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Abrams and Fisher adroitly narrate the trial, making the legal maneuvering understandable and fascinating, while offering some well-chosen digressions. Review | The trial of the man who killed the man who killed Kennedy 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Still, unless they are particularly attached to some excised minor characters and plot digressions, fans of the novel should appreciate the screen translation. Julianne Moore leaves nothing on the table in 'Lisey's Story.' It's not enough 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z “Orwell’s Roses” is exactly this kind of triumph, a delight of digressions. What does George Orwell's garden tell us about his writing, you ask? Everything 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z While Frankel uses “Midnight Cowboy” to trace broader cultural trends, some digressions are extraneous. Review | ‘Midnight Cowboy’ was a masterpiece made of desperation 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z A tough read at times with textbook-like digressions into the supporting science. Review: Take a ride into the greatest frontier in science 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z “We won everything, and we won it now a second time,” Trump said, after a long digression about his 2016 victory. The Trump roadshow whines to a close with a grasping, wistful last hurrah 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Ms. Powell, another lawyer for the Trump campaign, followed Mr. Giuliani and furthered the baseless claims, including a lengthy digression that involved Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan leader who died in 2013. Trump Targets Michigan in His Ploy to Subvert the Election 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Powell, another lawyer for the Trump campaign, followed Giuliani and furthered the baseless claims, including a lengthy digression that involved Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan leader who died in 2013. Trump targets Michigan in ploy to overturn vote 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z For this one, the moment might be President Trump’s wild digression in Erie, Pa., on Oct. Opinion | The too-muchness of Donald Trump 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z The Republican nominee delivers almost the same speech every time with almost the same off-script digressions. 'He's a salesman': why rallies are Trump's last best hope of clinging to presidency 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z His debate showings during the 2020 primary — ultimately sufficient to win — were often marked by meandering digressions and antiquated references and were rarely, if ever, hailed as command performances. How Joe Biden Is Preparing for the Biggest Debate of His Life 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z And in the GOP primary debates, his answers involved three parts: I am great; you are terrible; and a nonsensical digression that often changed the subject entirely. Perspective | I played Trump in Clinton’s debate prep. Here’s what Biden can expect. 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z He’s scheduled to give one of his “unscripted” talks — typically long, entertaining, and often illuminating digressions on the state of VR and Oculus development specifically. How to watch Connect, Facebook and Oculus’ big AR/VR event 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z At physical gatherings, we endure awkward lulls and boring digressions. Analysis | All these Zoom birthdays and weddings are fine, but will we actually savor the memories? 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Obama, a deliberate writer prone to procrastination — and lengthy digression — insisted that there be no set deadline, according to several people familiar with the process. How the Trump Campaign Is Drawing Obama Out of Retirement 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z In the hands of any other filmmaker, such didactic digressions might drag down the narrative. Review | Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’ may not be perfect, but it arrives at a time when it feels necessary 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z “This novel, like its predecessor, is overstuffed, packed with incident and narrators and digressions within digressions,” New York Times book critic Dwight Garner wrote of “Volume 2: The Brutality of Fact” in January 2020. Larry Kramer, writer who sounded alarm on AIDS, dies at 84 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z They can also make no choice and let the narrative proceed without digressions. What to watch with your kids: ‘StarDog and TurboCat,’ ‘Military Wives’ and more 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z That digression aside, Burns doesn’t play the dynamic in a didactic way. Review: In a fierce novel about Appalachia, the handlers are worse than the snakes 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z And that was all before his digression into the potential healing powers of disinfectants. Nervous Republicans See Trump Sinking, and Taking Senate With Him 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z The pace sometimes drags as Achorn stretches out this single day over the entire book, frequently interrupting his flow with digressions, explanations and flashbacks. Review | In Lincoln’s Second Inaugural, human suffering and human sympathy 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z But some personal digressions might strike readers as self-indulgent. Staying healthy indoors, the past and future of power, and shoe libraries: Books in brief 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Bit by bit, with numerous digressions—all of them related to golf—he told me about his life. The story of Moe Norman, golf’s troubled genius - Golf Digest 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z He reads from written remarks which contain almost normal-sounding talking points, randomly punctuated by weird, mind-boggling digressions, lies and conspiracy theories. Don't let the polls fool you: Trump's bizarre coronavirus show isn't working 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z You travel link by link, pursuing digressions and counter-claims, interrupted by continuous breaking updates. Feeling overwhelmed? How art can help in an emergency by Olivia Laing 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Those who dislike Trump and haven't witnessed or listened to a full rally of his dismiss his improvisations and digressions as incoherent and his message as cheap entertainment. Speeches, both scripted and off the cuff, turn Biden’s campaign around 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z He hasn’t used the extra time to stitch in side plots and digressions or develop more than cursory backstories. You may want to watch 'Devs' twice 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The misstatements and digressions hardly disappeared when Mr. Biden set foot in South Carolina. Joe Biden’s Last Stand 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z "The Indian side will see these as minor digressions, specially given the fact that Mr Trump was so effusive in praising Mr Modi." What came out of Donald Trump's visit to India? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The former US vice president is trying to light a fire under his campaign after disappointment in Iowa but he remains prone to strange digressions on the stump. US briefing: New Hampshire, Trump v Amazon and the eviction epidemic 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z She asked, as she often does in the course of her anecdotes that detour into digressions, comic impressions, trivia: “How did I get here?” How to Write Fiction When the Planet Is Falling Apart 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z He took his place in a gathering heavy on gentle applause and precarious digression as Mr. Biden moved through his remarks with a signature medley of “not a joke” interjection and “Barack and I” reminiscences. Democrats Had a 2020 Vision. This Isn’t Quite What They Expected. 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Impeachment still came up, and Mr. Pence handled it in his usual low-key but relentlessly on-message manner, without the president’s digressions or dramatics. Pence’s Trip Lets Him Change the Topic, but Impeachment Intrudes 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Early on, there is a shooting, but who has been shot — and how and why and by whom — only gets revealed over the course of the film’s mostly entertaining digressions. Review | In ‘The Gentlemen,’ Guy Ritchie returns to his raunchy, rambunctious roots 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The 1,500-year-old Talmud is a meandering text including interpretations of biblical Halakha, or Jewish law, ethics and narratives full of digressions and arguments among rabbis. A Revolution in Jewish Learning, With Women Driving Change 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z The ability to stop and restart the flow of cultural information proves to be an irresistible temptation: pausing for a call of nature or a conversational digression, or to rewind a bit of knotty dialogue. Overload and isolation: the decade that warped popular culture 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z I'm not sure what that digression was all about but if I didn't know better I'd think someone slipped something hallucinogenic in his Diet Coke. Guess who paid for Donald Trump's crazy-corrupt Mar-a-Lago Christmas party? We did 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z At one point, after a lengthy historical digression, he pulled himself up short: “I know I’m just filibustering,” he said. Inside Wayne LaPierre’s Battle for the N.R.A. 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Let there be light – playful digressions and a graveside joke or two. The naked truth: how to write a memoir 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z One digression on that question of partisanship: Republicans have correctly noted that Democrats, during the Clinton impeachment and more recently with Trump, have said impeachment should have bipartisan support. Opinion | For impeachment, quick and narrow is the way to go 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z This digression just scratches the surface but suffice it to say there is more cash available to strengthen the social safety net than you can imagine, even if your imagination is very supple and rubbery. Take it from an American – the NHS is a marvel. You must vote to save it | Rob Delaney 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z If one cut the speculation and digressions, that could probably be reduced to about 150 pages. Review | He burned Frank Lloyd Wright’s house and killed his mistress — but why? 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Encompassing multiple buildups, digressions, climaxes and codas, the marathon yarn will proceed on dual tracks. Review: Yes, 'The Inheritance' on Broadway will have you sobbing. But the play aims for more 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Louv is given to digressions - to climate change, psychology, theologians, indigenous healers, loneliness and especially the degradation of the environment. Author endeavors to show how animals relate to humans 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z After Trump offered a lengthy digression that failed to answer the question, Mason followed up twice. ‘I sort of thrive on it’: The impeachment crisis shines a spotlight on Trump’s state of mind 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z In previous versions, the chapter on Socrates had included a sudden digression into petty misogyny. The Dark Side of Techno-Utopianism 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The logic of those conditions is clear, but not worth the digression here. What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z If one crazy digression or detour were dropped, another would quickly take its place. TIFF Critics Notebook: 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,' 'Uncut Gems' shake up festival rhythms 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Gladwell’s smooth Canadian lilt worked perfectly in the sensitive-bro realm of podcasting, although his habit of narrative digressions — which worked so well in a magazine story — made for a potential mess in audio. With ‘Talking to Strangers,’ Malcolm Gladwell Goes Dark 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Spanning a single day with extended departures into reflection and digression, the memoir chronicles both the journey of a daily commute, and a larger one from blackout sexual encounters to sobriety and motherhood. Body of work: how the graphic novel became an outlet for female shame 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z It takes some likable digressions, too, roping in unconventional supporting players. Review: In ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon,’ a breakout for Bell 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z The filmmaker’s logical leaps and temporal digressions, disorienting as they are at first, feel like honest attempts to define the story’s parameters, illuminating the contours of a plot that spreads out wildly in all directions. Review: Mads Brügger's bold, unruly documentary 'Cold Case Hammarskjöld' investigates the death of a diplomat 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z He sifts through his life in associative digressions, encompassing case studies of patients, family memories, and the fates of those caught up in the atrocities of the twentieth century. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z This season, the consensus says, has been a digression to a persona Sergio seemingly had buried. Our biggest mistake with Sergio Garcia was expecting anything different - Golf Digest 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z But, risking a digression into hokum, I’d argue that the spiritual side of golf also plays a key role. The beautiful weirdness of golf's senior tours - Golf Digest 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z “Hollywood” obeys the usual Tarantino structural rules of parallel story lines, opportunistic intersections, long, verbose set pieces and equally windy digressions. Review | Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ is a misty-eyed valentine to La La Land — with just a touch of B-movie gore 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z At times, his path is a little wayward and prone to digressions. Review: In Tarantino’s latest, a radiant Hollywood fable 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z The digression would lead to his second career. Dr. James Joki grew up in Ballard. Then he helped make Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon possible. 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z The man who says the public want straight-talking politicians tried to dismiss and then dodge the question, with a long digression about Routemaster buses and other defensive, rambling evasions. The Guardian view on Boris Johnson: a question of character | Editorial 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z He turns seemingly unpromising digressions into objects of the utmost narrative fascination. Mariano Llinás’ ‘La Flor’ is the dazzling, epic centerpiece of Locarno in Los Angeles 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Version A is the one that Anne actually wrote on the days themselves: a messy text, with some entries out of date-order, full of comic digressions. Anne Frank: the real story of the girl behind the diary 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z These events, full of rambling digressions, are often a mix of comedy, grievance and menace. Trump the property baron feels right at home in speech to realtors 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Startled by the digression, the lecturer says, “Actually, I’m an atheist.” Opinion | In Israel, I heard eerie echoes of an old Irish joke about religion 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z The observation was itself a digression from a digression in which he was discussing his own gene pool. Donald Trump is a horse racing expert – who knew? Now cricket awaits his input | Marina Hyde 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The inside jokes and fan-service digressions are blatant and relentless, but also pretty effective. Review: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ brings the Marvel saga to a thrilling, time-twisting conclusion — for now 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Then a digression on badger hair, loosely presaging the key discovery of the tumour-causing Rous sarcoma virus. The return of cancer’s magic bullet 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Everything she said felt like a digression, which is to say that none of it did. A critic remembers Agnès Varda, one of the lasting treasures of the cinema 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z These apparent digressions, while entertaining in their own right, serve the main theme. Was Thomas Kuhn Evil? 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Williams’s fear of rhetorical indulgence prohibited reflective insight, essayistic digression, and relief of any kind from the regime of methodical close description—the journey from Kansas, the Colorado weather, the endless slaughter of buffalo. John Williams and the Canon That Might Have Been 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z I know we had watched the Oakland A’s win their first-ever World Series the previous fall — a significant cultural event in itself, and one that tempts me toward a longer digression. From John Dean to Michael Cohen: A crisis of American politics, and American meaning 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z Forced to confront arguably the biggest surrender of his presidency, Mr. Trump did what he often does after a loss: respond with distraction, digression and entertainment, through a fog of words. Trump Follows Familiar Playbook When Confronted by a Loss: Distract and Digress 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Two hours later, after exhausting digressions, surreal side trips and interminable interludes that make the first film, at nearly 2 ½ hours, somehow feel shorter than this one, Mary’s mission is accomplished. Review | ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ desperately wants to be liked, and the result is pretty much joyless 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z And on today's visit to this public hospital, there is a good deal more digression. The 'angel' who secretly pays patients' hospital bills 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Where in “The Emperor of Ocean Park” the historical digressions weighed down the narrative, here they fortify it, reminding us of the deep paradoxes of segregation. Review | Daughter of the black elite who brought down a gangster 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z She shut down digressions and poured on doses of budget reality when suggestions got too ambitious. Guns kill more U.S. kids than cancer. This emergency physician aims to change that 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z He responds to questions with a torrent of words, digressions and self-congratulatory boasts. Trump’s rules of engagement: Boasting, spinning and running out the clock 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z It’s been put aside, as an interesting digression. Martin Amis on London Fields: 'I never thought it would be a popular film' 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Having this kind of compass gives both writer and reader latitude to enjoy Martin’s numerous digressions and discursive wanderings with the security of knowing that everything is somehow connected to that question. George R. R. Martin, Fantasy’s Reigning King 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z But if rambling digressions can inspire unexpected connections that lead to a good joke, they also work against the tension required for an effective thriller. Review | David Gordon Green’s ‘Halloween’ is like a horror movie with a contact high 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z We think that we know, reading a novel, what a “digression” is—a swerve from the main action—because we think we know what the main action is. Marginal Men Take Center Stage in the Novels of Dag Solstad 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Baseball is a peculiar sport, filled with dozens of climactic anticlimaxes, and wide pockets of time for digressions into movies or politics or, in Keith’s case, deeply felt opinions about uniform design. Gary Keith and Ron, the Magi of Mets Nation 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z He does the same in “Roma,” except this time those interludes don’t feel like digressions. Alfonso Cuarón's 'Roma' and other riches from Venice enthrall the Toronto International Film Festival 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The framework is reasonably effective, although it gets a bit wearing, and a few digressions are surprisingly lengthy. A journey through wine, spit and oil 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z In one of the movie’s more vivid digressions, Collin dreams of himself standing trial with the murderous cop as his judge, while choking on bullets. Review: In ‘Blindspotting,’ simmering tensions with a beat 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z But what if an entire life were merely a collection of digressions, a slalom of such swerves? Marginal Men Take Center Stage in the Novels of Dag Solstad 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Trump’s falsehoods can seem arbitrary at times, emerging in early-morning tweets cribbed from cable news or in digressions spewed at some endless rally. Can truth survive this president? An honest investigation. 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z His interviews, off‑teleprompter speeches and tweets are a startling jumble of insults, exclamations, boasts, digressions, non sequiturs, qualifications, exhortations and innuendos – a bully’s efforts to intimidate, gaslight, polarise and scapegoat. The death of truth: how we gave up on facts and ended up with Trump 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z But no clear guidelines existed to help ethics reviewers and researchers identify potential digressions in grant applications. Europe’s biggest research fund cracks down on ‘ethics dumping’ 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Corchado’s stabs at poetic language sometimes fall short, and some digressions are confusing. Review | A personal perspective on Mexico’s mass exodus to the United States 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z After a digression, Trump rounded off the anecdote by saying: “There’s David Lynch. Enjoy it because his career in Hollywood is officially over.” Trump jokes David Lynch's career is 'over' for praising his presidency 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Trump's declaration about the Space Force was one of several digressions he made during the meeting. Trump says he’s directing Pentagon to create a new ‘Space Force’ 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z He takes extensive notes on the sideline in color-coded pens, quotes the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges and is prone to lengthy digressions about the chemistry of the human brain. He’s Got a Winning Record. So Why Do Mexican Fans Want the Coach Fired? 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Via many endearing digressions and changes of heart, Montaigne talks to all our human fears and guides us towards freedom from our habitual “inanity and nonsense”. Books to give us hope: Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson, Rose McGowan and more share their picks 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z WASHINGTON—Mark Holmes writes pithy tales of failed marriages and booming businesses, weaving in F. Scott Fitzgerald, historical digressions and groan-aloud puns. Taxman in the Mirror: Judge Gets His Moment in Michael Jackson Case 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z That interview at Gateway Pundit is a confusing mess of digressions, self-pity and elaborate, complex insinuations that are largely impenetrable to outsiders to the Seth Rich conspiracy-theory crowd. Can lawsuits slow the tide of right-wing conspiracy theory? Seth Rich’s family wants to find out 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z He is known for his sense of humor, his long digressions and his demanding and somewhat confrontational attitude toward the lawyers who appear before him. Federal judge says special counsel wants Manafort to ‘sing’ about Trump 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z This is not merely change; it is digression. Opinion | The rhetoric of our era has reached its vile peak 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z The Intercept’s Hoyer story included an important digression about how the second-ranking Democrat in the House “regularly invites corporate lobbyists for weekly lunches” and raised “corporate cash” for the party in 2006. Analysis | The Daily 202: The Intercept breaks open Democratic squabbles as midterm elections approach 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z In one of the book’s more interesting digressions, Ms Ehrenreich argues that the idea of self-mastery is misguided since it stems from a misreading of biology. Life is too precious to worry about death 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The book’s depiction of his wartime exploits — which included his helping to construct pontoon bridges — is a necessary digression: he meets his wife, Emily, through her brother, Gen. G.K. Building the Brooklyn Bridge, in Graphic Detail 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z He accepted my own interruptions of his monologues with good humor and often delight at the prospect of a new digression. Is the Next Nobel Laureate in Literature Tending Bar in a Dusty Australian Town? 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Aides joke he is his own communications director, who upends carefully laid plans with a tweet or digression. Trump loses a trusted aide, White House anxiety lingers 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z She’s partial to digressions about the imagination and destiny, but it’s hard to be cynical about it: there’s enthusiasm and openness in everything she says, and a beguiling lack of irony or malice. Chrysta Bell: ‘David Lynch is my mentor in art, music and life’ 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Harry Mathews' posthumous novel, "The Solitary Twin," is a fitting digression, writes Tyler Malone in our review. Books: Is America on the brink? Spring events preview and more books news 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z "The Solitary Twin," released this month by New Directions, acts as coda to Mathews' idiosyncratic career — a short work that succeeds as both a career-end capstone and a final digression. Harry Mathews' posthumous novel 'The Solitary Twin' is a fascinating, discursive swan song that celebrates the power of stories 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z An odd five-page digression follows, in which the narrator imagines the human brain as a Carthusian monastery, with monks in charge of preserving memories. Is the Next Nobel Laureate in Literature Tending Bar in a Dusty Australian Town? 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z There are pointless digressions and needless repetitions, and some of the sincerely concerned witnesses and commentators are undercut by scenes around the house that look staged — even if they may be real. Zak Bagans' documentary 'Demon House' is too much hooey, not enough boo 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The prosecutorial digression either belongs to the executive branch or it doesn’t. Supreme Court Turns Down Trump’s Appeal in ‘Dreamers’ Case 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Adam makes several fascinating digressions into the grisly underbelly of cognitive neuroscience. The wilder shores of brain boosting 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z He delivered a lengthy digression on the State of the Union address, noting that Democrats sat on their hands as he ticked off one measure of success for the country after another. Trump Accuses Democrats of ‘Treason’ Amid Market Rout 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z While many of these digressions are interesting, they could be woven better into the text. Review | Thinking big thoughts about the boundaries of science 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Effervescent grime meets an unexpected digression into R&B and gospel on Stormzy’s debut. The best albums of 2017: the full list 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Odd digressions into science fiction, Hollywood history, and feminist revenge fantasies combined to make this the show’s most ambitious and emotionally resonant season. The 20 best TV shows of 2017 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z It’s a random digression into utter silliness, but “Ferdinand” has the moral heft to carry it off and move on. Review | ‘Ferdinand’: The conscientious-objector bull of a children’s book gets a wider pasture in the movie 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z It’s so broken and disjointed, with so man digressions and pauses it’s a wonder we can make snes elf each other. An Alexa Holdout Wants to Know Who’s Listening 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z That journey is full of incident, digression and sometimes surprising reversals, as Israel is forced to deal with a world he’s held at bay for 40 years. Review | ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’: Denzel Washington delivers a performance for the ages 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Both pies and invitation colors were mentioned, and it was another breathtaking digression by America’s weirdest coaching mind. College football TV schedule: Alabama, Auburn set for another massive Iron Bowl 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Besides the album’s obvious digression from Swift’s musical wheelhouse, she’s also candid about sex and alcohol: Swift’s general avoidance of the topics was perhaps the last thing differentiating her from other modern-day pop stars. Blue-eyed Brits and Kanye digs: decoding Taylor Swift’s Reputation 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Judges' comment: "A subtle, compact piece of writing about a relationship, its blossoming and digressions." Six authors vie for Man Booker Prize 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z One can even hear echoes in Donald Trump’s recent speech to the United Nations: His long digression on the evils of socialism seems drawn from the heated rhetoric of ads gone by. Opinion | The C.I.A.’s Fake News Campaign 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Despite simplistic moments and needless digressions, “Marshall” still makes for an engaging legal drama that largely avoids giving its subject the Great Man treatment. Review | ‘Marshall’: An engaging portrait of a Supreme Court justice as a self-assured young man 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Consequently, he explained, “I dropped 14 minutes of endings, solos, interstitial material, digressions inside songs.” My brilliant and troubled friend Lou Reed 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z And the most affecting chapter in “Unbelievable” is Tur’s digression into the story of her parents, journalists who upended live television reporting in Los Angeles one car chase, riot and helicopter ride at a time. Review | Katy Tur’s insider memoir chronicles the Trump campaign — and the indignities of reporting while female 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z He went into one of those sidelong digressions, about protesters and an African American — “great fan, great guy” — and, by the way, whatever happened to him? Trump called him 'my African American.' But he condemns the president's treatment of black America 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z What might seem like a digression provides valuable emotional context for Roland’s pain. The Dark Tower books move fluidly between genres, and the film is afraid of all of them 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z He structures this story as a series of chapter-length digressions on themes—his conversion to Judaism, his search for his white ancestors, the crops that slaves farmed—rather than as a straightforward, historical narrative. Cooking in the American south 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z To keep their act feeling fresh, they added seemingly improvised asides and digressions. Why Hollywood Is Trying to Turn Everything Into Movies — Even Mindless Games Like ‘Fruit Ninja’ 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Trump’s tweet was a reminder that, on matters related to Russia and the election, the president continues to look for diversions and digressions, raising more questions about what transpired in his meeting with Putin. Analysis | Who is the real Donald Trump? 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Where do you lay the responsibility for this digression? Cody Chesnutt on political resistance: 'It starts where I live, but it’s global' 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Wary, perhaps, of taxing readers’ patience, he finishes his tour in three hundred pages, resisting what must have been an overwhelming urge to interrupt the narrative with disco-graphical digressions. The Persistence of Prog Rock 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z On Monday, having confined himself prior to the speech to tweets about Memorial Day and one about Sunday’s North Korean missile test, Trump eschewed any digressions or distractions. Trump delivers Memorial Day address after voicing support for Kushner 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z A long, elliptical digression on London then and now follows, which takes in the optimistic multiculturalism of the 90s, Tamil house parties, empire and British identity. MIA: ‘This a white country, you don’t have to spell it out to me’ 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z There were other familiar Trump touchstones: how evangelical Christians voted for him in the election, how the “beautiful stadium” at Liberty was “packed”, digressions about upcoming sports fixtures. Trump tells Liberty graduates: follow your dreams and ignore 'pathetic' critics 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Gould revisits Roth a few times, each one offering a choice digression about the treasures in the morgue. Review | Fascinating ‘Obit’ explores the arcane art of celebrating the newsworthy life 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Louis pauses the drama for digressions on violence in the village, on how the structures of domination in the playground mirror those in the world at large, even on dental care: Growing Up Poor and Queer in a French Village 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Yet one wonders how Paley came to decide that the fictional imagination, which loves digression, inconsistency, and the beauty of the trivial, could no longer help her say what she wanted to about the world. The Art and Activism of Grace Paley 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z It is also full of digressions and intriguing asides, and even readers who subscribe to National Geographic and watch “Jeopardy” will be surprised here and there with facts they didn’t know. Opinion | Scrambling over ruins of the world’s lost great wonders 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z On matters fraught and frivolous, Senate allies have coaxed Judge Gorsuch to the safest of verbal cul-de-sacs, eager to defuse Democratic lines of attack with whimsy and digressions. Of Horse v. Duck, Mutton Busting and Other Confirmation Diversions 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Trump remains the master of constant action, of both strategic diversions and politically damaging digressions. A tale of two speeches: The contradictions of Donald Trump’s presidency 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Except this time he indulged himself in a digression about the U.S. military and America’s recent record on warfare. Trump’s pledge to “start winning wars again” is ignorant and delusional — and highly dangerous 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z “He is constantly digressing from his own tangent, so he’s digressing from a digression.” Irwin Corey, the king of comedic confusion, dies at 102 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Cyclogeography is an enjoyable account of a hair-raising life as a London cycle courier interspersed with two-wheeled philosophical digressions. Readers’ books of the year 2016 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z A short digression here: Why Buster doesn’t have an Australian accent or any discernible relation to Australia - he’s a KOALA! - is certainly curious. REVIEW: ‘Sing’ sings along, with humor and poignancy 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z A short digression here: why Buster doesn’t have an Australian accent or any discernible relation to Australia - he’s a KOALA! - is certainly curious. Review: ‘Sing’ sings along, with humor and poignancy 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z And unlike some of the chatbots known to flirt and play along with sexual banter, Sage Peg directs any such digressions swiftly back to finances. Attractive, slavish and at your command: Is AI sexist? - BBC News 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Despite frequent digressions into social history or the larger medical narrative, the book remains more descriptive than insightful; the author seldom looks up from the story he is telling. A public hospital that truly served the public over the centuries 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z He could not resist making one digression to attack Beyonce and Jay Z, who headlined Clinton’s event on Friday night in Cleveland. Inside Clinton and Trump's Final Dash 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Trump’s rousing a crowd with more chants of “Lock her up!” and digressions about how, when he uses the slogan “Drain the swamp,” he reminds himself of Sinatra? Four Trump Rallies and a Fight for Florida 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The digression into Indiana Jones movies is just extra credit. ‘Stuff You Should Know’ about the two podcasters who riff on voodoo, body hair, the electoral college 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z That shouldn’t be that hard, but her “deplorables” digression—let’s remember, she also called them “irredeemable” and “not America”—raises questions about whether she even has it in her to do that. A Mandate for a Mandate? 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z A complete print of the film found in the archives of the British Film Institute yields bits of monkey business long thought lost, including this digression in the classic Groucho-Zeppo “Take a letter” exchange: A new box set offers a fresh look at some of the Marx Brothers comedy classics 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z It’s a smart way to illustrate just how high-stakes these conflicts are for Rafe, though sometimes they are a digression from the story itself. ‘Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life’: Cast gets the best marks 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z It's a smart way to illustrate just how high-stakes these conflicts are for Rafe, though sometimes they are a digression from the story itself. 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life' is a fine diversion for the not-a-kid-not-yet-an-adult in your life 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z But there’s also a lengthy digression into the topic of this week’s Clinton BS File — who the “real” father of Chelsea Clinton is. The Clinton BS Files: Who is Chelsea Clinton’s real dad? A mystery spun out of nothing 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Filled with weird turns, dark digressions and pitch-black comedy, “Preacher” is like nothing else on TV. New on video: 'Swiss Army Man' is twisted but fun 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z But these are digressions from the story of English’s rise to fortune and a kind of fame. Tracy Kidder’s ‘A Truck Full of Money’: the search for the soul of a digital entrepreneur 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z But these digressions damp the suspense built by the main story. ‘Command and Control’ asks what we’ve learned from a 1980 missile accident 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z His approach is predicated on the notion that Albert’s voice, full of revealing digressions and contradictory perspectives, contains the multitudes that we seek. 'Author: The JT LeRoy Story' lets a hoaxster speak rivetingly in her own words 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z These digressions, for me, were mostly of marginal interest, not saying enough about either the writer or her concerns. In psychology, you’re supposed to grow out of childish narcissism. Now Donald . . . 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z He would have to stick to a teleprompter and end his freestyle digressions and insults, like his repeated attacks on a Hispanic federal judge. Donald Trump, Untamed and Growing Sullen, Lets His Tongue Barge Ahead 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s poll numbers took a dive last week amid his digressions into a Twitter spat with a Muslim Gold Star family supporting Mrs. Clinton, and polls this week continued to show him trailing. Donald Trump jabs at Clinton need a better focus, GOP says 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z “He rigs together some of his own columns, old news items, and wild digressions . . . ” 20 years ago, a book by an African American warning of a ‘Coming Race War’ was panned 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Bill didn't get sidetracked into some of his longer digressions about policy, but there was certainly substance amongst the stories, a challenge to the idea that she is a purely status quo candidate. Biographer-in-Chief 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The amount of buy-in from the audience in Cleveland radiated through the screen, allowing even a candidate as prone to digression as is Trump to stay roughly on-message. The Democratic Convention Has an Awkward First Night Telecast 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z “It’s a digression,” Perkins notes of one gusty passage that should instead register with the agility and impact of a lightning bolt. No work of 'Genius,' this literary drama is strictly by-the-book 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z He generally stuck to the text, with occasional digressions. California, New Jersey and Other States Voting June 7 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z OK, so before my banking digression, I rattled off a bunch of big problems. Matt Damon Gives 'Good Will Hunting' Lesson to MIT Grads 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z I am beginning to suspect that all media, the NYT included, is becoming increasingly "Fox-ized"—baiting its readership into an emotional digression of style and away from substance and analysis—exactly HIS tactics. Lights, Camera, Trump 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z I was supposed to be teaching tenses and vocabulary, but the women wanted to talk about their lives, and mostly I permitted the digressions. Testing the Bounds of Faith in Little Yemen 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z This week, the foundation revealed the uptick was not a digression, as participation in 2016 continues to trend upwards. Number of golf rounds played in 2016 are through the roof - Golf Digest 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z At one point in our talk, he went into a lengthy digression about why Michael Jackson, with whom he wrote "We Are the World," spoke in such a high voice. Lionel Richie reflects on his new Vegas gig as a sure bet that he's happy to play 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Before we get to those, a brief digression. What if you sold 10 percent of Apple in 1976? 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z |
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