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The sort of person, as you might imagine, who makes you hesitate before speaking, much less writing, le mot juste and all that jazz.
Poetry and Jazz, Strange Bedmates, Sated at Last Con Chapman 2011
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His amazing attention to language, his ability to pick le mot juste, his characters that grab on and don't let go.
about writing jlundberg 2007
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