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But these songs are mostly character-driven rather than diaristic, offering brief snapshots of oddballs moving through a confusing landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Her diaristic approach to songwriting also gave birth to hits like Jolene – written about a red-headed love rival – and All I Can Do, a heartfelt declaration of love to her husband, Carl Dean.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Compared to its most recent predecessors, “Middle of Nowhere” is a thematically generous record that finds Ms. Musgraves thinking outside of herself, setting aside diaristic monologues in favor of story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
What the world first glimpsed in news clips was expanded into this diaristic account, at once humanistic and harrowing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
Cecilia Aldarondo takes the process of reliving adolescent trauma to a literal degree in “You Were My First Boyfriend,” her feature that falls somewhere between documentary and diaristic re-enactment.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
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