Because "Prose Before Hos" sounds better than "I have no social life." You can write about hos, and you can drool over hos who write prose, but don't think for a moment you'll ever have more friends than you have rejection slips. So if you have a hard-on for the written word and going to the library makes you hotter than a whore-house on a nickel night, then go to bustedtees.com to buy the shirt. But don't tell the kids at school; they'll still call you Ernest Hemingay.