proser

Definition of prosernext

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Noun
  • Text assembled by the playwright Anna Deavere Smith voices the sentiments of past dancers while the current Ailey crew demonstrates its strength.
    Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
  • Highlights include a world premiere starring acclaimed actress Judith Ivey, a fresh take on Jane Austen by popular playwright Ken Ludwig and an autobiographical one-woman show by Broadway performer Sharone Sayegh.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • If experimental and vanguard poetry is set on fragmenting the lyric I, verse plays and poet’s theater redistribute it.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • That task was best tackled by the great Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, whose tribute, published in the Jornal do Brasil, captured the nuances of the collective mood.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • In the decade since his first comedy special, Nanjiani has been a TV star, an Oscar-winning screenwriter, even a member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
    Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
  • The undergrad acting program offers an annual showcase and other industry connections, including having Oscar-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney as a visiting professor.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • The theater was built by songwriter, dramatist and playwright Arthur Hammerstein to honor his father, Oscar Hammerstein I, and opened as Hammerstein’s Theater in 1927.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
  • In transcripts of hearings of the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Garber finds an upwelling of voices from the literary past, among them Christopher Marlowe, the revenge dramatist Thomas Kyd, and, from first to last, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare.
    Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Turn ChatGPT into a strategist, an analyst, a hook researcher, a structural editor, and a scriptwriter trained on your voice.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • But then, just as the scriptwriters were smelling another famous European night in Liverpool, Mariani was sent to the monitors by the VAR.
    Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Sentences that fizzle and scorch will also appeal to fans of Jade Sharma and Mary Robison, other bards of women on the absolute verge.
    Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • Nolan also put rapper Travis Scott in the film as a bard.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • On Morrison For the launch of Ohio’s year-long, state-wide celebration of Toni Morrison, Namwali Serpell flies to Columbus to talk with poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • Gabrielle Glancy is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The American Poetry Review.
    Gabrielle Glancy, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital journalist who covers breaking news, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.
    Alexandra Koch , Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
  • As instability rose, the administration reverted to strict state control, detaining opposition figures and journalists while delaying elections.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
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“Proser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proser. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.

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