essayist
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But, as the radical essayist Thomas Paine warned, “America is above your reach.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The author is a Los Angeles–based novelist and essayist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
“Sure you’re romantic about American history,” wrote DeVoto, a historian and essayist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
The musician was also known as an acclaimed essayist and poet, with an irrepressible sense of humour.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2025
But Wilfrid Sheed, an American novelist and essayist, penned a comment just before the match ended that many would later regard as prescient.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Soon after, wannabe authoritarians attack the comedians, essayists, playwrights and poets.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
Even when Didion moved away from film reviews to become one of the preeminent essayists of her generation, she clung to Wayne as an avatar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
“Palestine’s poets, scholars, novelists and journalists and essayists have risked everything, including their lives and the lives of their families, to share their words with the world,” the letter reads in part.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
Although plans to accept electronic submissions are in the works, so far the project has been decidedly analog, starting with snail mail correspondence between potential essayists and a cadre of Hamilton student volunteers.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
There are, to be sure, stand-up comedians, shaggy- dog raconteurs, consummate essayists, and authors of mystery novels who can build up curiosity and suspense and then resolve it all with a sudden revelation.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
