Word: acclaim
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...Compare Bright Shiny Morning with, say, Charles Bock's Beautiful Children, a novel of similar proportions and ambitions (it's about Las Vegas) that was published in January to great critical acclaim. Children drips with nuance and high purpose and psychological complexity, but in all honesty, I would far rather spend an evening (or a morning) with Morning than with Children. The worst bits of Morning are probably worse than anything else you'll read this year, but Frey is such a relentlessly entertaining storyteller that you just won't care. Sure, the setups are formulaic (ironically, Frey makes...
...tradition of top Harvard scientists writing popular books did not begin with Randall: the famous paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould won widespread acclaim for his essays on popular science and his bestselling books on evolutionary biology, a tradition that has been continued by scientists like psychology professors Marc D. Hauser and Steven A. Pinker, who have written a combined 7 books on cognitive psychology...
...Tang brings a distinguished rap pedigree to Harvard, boasting several multiplatinum records, including Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, which makes Rolling Stone’s list of the top 500 albums ever produced. Its members have also individually released hits to critical and popular acclaim: Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… and GZA’s Liquid Swords are counted among hip-hop’s all-time classics...
...melodies, Drummey and the rest of the band ready the tour van and equipment for the long haul ahead. Before we part ways, I ask the two what would happen if “Love the Future” tanks and all of Chester French’s hype, acclaim, and access to free jeans are suddenly gone. What would this mean for Wallach’s theory that taste trumps all? Though their seemingly unassailable confidence would seem to have precluded the notion from their minds, failure is an outcome the two have actually considered...
...power relations she explores in her thesis is also central to her first novel, “Blood Kin,” which will be published in 14 countries and was released in the U.S this month. Since then, Dovey has been traveling around the country for book readings. Acclaim, travel and a book deal? Maybe those months spent exclusively in carrels wasn’t that...