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Genre. Novels, short stories, nonfiction. Francine Prose (born April 1, 1947) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic. She is a visiting professor of literature at Bard College, and was formerly president of PEN American Center .
- Novels, short stories, nonfiction
- Writer
- American
- Radcliffe College
Reading Like a Writer is a writing guide by American writer Francine Prose, published in 2006. Background. Subtitled "A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them," — Prose shares how she developed her writing craft through writing and reading.
- Francine Prose
- 275 pp
- 2006
- 2006
Jun 28, 2021 · The latest from the aptly named Francine Prose is “The Vixen,” a surprisingly funny tale involving Ethel Rosenberg and the C.I.A. “We have to entertain ourselves somehow,” Francine Prose ...
- Elizabeth A. Harris
The 2,000-square-foot vegetable plot—planted with fava beans, peas, arugula, raspberries, even artichokes—that author Francine Prose ’68, A.M. ’69, cultivates at her upstate New York home has become, she says, “an obsession. Sometimes I think I write for a few hours a day so I don’t have to feel guilty about working in the garden.”.
Jun 29, 2021 · Francine Prose writes sentences that make me laugh out loud. Her insights, the subtle ones and the two-by-fours, make me shake my head in despair, in surprise, in heartfelt agreement. The gift of ...
Jul 3, 2018 · Francine Prose is a novelist and critic whose most recent novel, The Vixen, was published by Harper in June, 2021.Her previous books include the novels Lovers at the Chameleon Club: Paris, 1932, My New American Life, Goldengrove, A Changed Man and Blue Angel, which was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award, and the nonfiction New York Times bestseller Reading Like A Writer: A Guide For ...
Aug 1, 2006 · Stories by Richard Russo, Cynthia Ozick, Tim Gautreaux, and others; E.L. Doctorow on historical fiction, Francine Prose on reading like a writer, Megan Marshall on academic discourse and ...
