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  • n  ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
  • n  matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

  • Even a child of 10 could spot Perelmanic prose in Groucho quips (to Thelma Todd in Monkey Business: Oh, why cant we break away from all this, just you and I, and lodge .
  • The anarchy and commotion of the '60s were given voice in the exploding exclamation marks, riotous capital letters and Day-Glo italics of Tom Wolfe's spray-paint prose; and in .
  • He's the thinking man's slacker, but his prose is a force multiplierlucid, honest and unhampered by neurotic self-loathing.
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  • Former 'cutter' publishes book
    The photos are tough to look at, the prose hard to ponder. But their combined message is an urgent one: Listen. Love without judgment. There is always hope, and help is available. Death is not an option.
    June 11, 2013 - The Pueblo Chieftain
  • Thomaston, New Milford, Westover Students Among Top Connecticut Young Writers
    NEW BRITAIN--Kathryn Fitzpatrick, a junior at Thomaston High School, never thought she would be named state champion in prose for her story, “Caught in the Weeds,” a short story she wrote in creative writing class, the first writing instruction she had ever taken.
    June 11, 2013 - Litchfield County Times
  • Short stories on summer reading list
    Short stories are like Brussels sprouts, says Mark LaFramboise, head buyer for Washington's Politics and Prose bookstore: After you've disliked one, you're loath to try another. Yet "at the moment, we're rich with a lot of really talented short-story writers, so it's a good reason to explore the realm.
    June 11, 2013 - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

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