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a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally
told us once again that anecdote about the dog and the bike
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Starting next month, Parker plans to display photos from Bird Rock’s history on a projector screen, along with historical anecdotes.
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Robert Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Haugerud’s writing is thoughtful and rife with substantial ideas, but also delights in puckish diversions and shaggy-dog anecdotes — some of which illuminate the themes at hand, while others merely highlight the eccentric perversity of man in general.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
Any fun anecdotes from this last year working together?
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2025
The book also contains anecdotes about the death of her partner and revelations about her mother, a gifted painter who sacrificed her art in order to help raise her family.
—The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Robert Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Haugerud’s writing is thoughtful and rife with substantial ideas, but also delights in puckish diversions and shaggy-dog anecdotes — some of which illuminate the themes at hand, while others merely highlight the eccentric perversity of man in general.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
Any fun anecdotes from this last year working together?
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2025
The book also contains anecdotes about the death of her partner and revelations about her mother, a gifted painter who sacrificed her art in order to help raise her family.
—The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Anecdote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anecdote. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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