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The family life she has memorialized onstage was short on boundaries and weighted with despair.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

The prize for nonfiction went to Clint Smith’s “How the Word Is Passed,” which examines the way America has memorialized and distorted the legacy of slavery.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022

Dr. Hall has memorialized modern figures, such as the broadcaster David Frost, but he seems reluctant to stray too much into the territory of popular culture.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2018

Just as important, Flint captures the mundane yet mythic horror of the case that has memorialized it in the annals of New York City crime.

From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2017

Dr. Harmand has memorialized the scene in the lively sketch given on p.

From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)