One of the poignant details of his condition is that he is no longer able to write personal dedications when he is signing books.
His journal forms a poignant narrative of his condition — variations of "I am awake" written every few minutes, and then just as assiduously crossed out and replaced by "this time properly awake" or "awoke for the first time, despite my previous claims".
That statement is a kind of mourning, a valediction, and it is also a poignant evocation of the human condition.
The program of three new pieces, choreographed by Aszure Barton and Benjamin Millepied, both resident artists at the Baryshnikov center, is an enchanting, perfectly judged selection of work filled with virtuoso dancing, humor and poignant reflection on the human condition.
The photographs are not exploitive, but rather a poignant glimpse into the human condition.
The idea of any child being taken from their family and locked away, all too often in atrocious conditions, is particularly poignant at this time of year.
Two current employees working in an existing Amazon New York City warehouse in Staten Island provided poignant examples of improper factory conditions and promised employee benefits that never came to fruition.
Today 502 Canal stands vacant, but what distinguishes the building, and makes its present condition all the more poignant, is that it was home to a family that produced five generations of physicians and pharmacists, men charged with preserving life.
This was sad but, in a way, the mangled bike looked even more poignant than it did in its original pristine condition.
But your question is poignant and pointed both, and it speaks to the contemporary condition of the novelist.
