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Chapters follow Alice into her 30s, trenchantly dissecting the vicious circle of her lifetime dependency on medication.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

The Cuban-born Ana Mendieta flew in from the United States to see it, as did the New York sculptor Melvin Edwards, known for his abstract but trenchantly critical “Lynch Fragment Series.”

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2022

But if somebody says trenchantly truthful — something that strikes an emotional chord — people are quick to go on the defensive.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2022

Starring the filmmaker’s parents, Meir and Maya Gerner, in fictionalized iterations of themselves, this is a trenchantly written and concise portrait of an aging man quietly unraveling.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2022

Haughton tried to explain why the "bolting" so trenchantly referred to did not eventuate.

From The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 by Becke, Louis