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epigram

[ep-i-gram] / ˈɛp ɪˌgræm /
NOUN
witticism
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Among the manuscripts, personal notes and correspondence is the unfinished draft of the third book in the Parable series, “Parable of the Trickster,” which begins with an epigram that has been attributed to Butler herself.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

If there’s a whiff of conservatism in that last epigram, it’s not surprising.

From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2021

Reading it one discovers a whole tradition of love poetry, epigram and elegy, movingly brought into English and then beautifully printed and bound by Washington’s own Mage Publishers.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2019

The thing begins with an epigram: “We dedicate this to the energy of we — greater than any one of us, but inside all of us.”

From The Verge ● Aug. 15, 2019

Then, with a thrill of recognition, I watched the curves of Alexandria’s two harbors slide into view, their outlines looping like an Arabic epigram inked in incandescent gold.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro


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