essayist

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“Sure you’re romantic about American history,” wrote DeVoto, a historian and essayist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Waldie, essayist and cultural historian, is the author of “Becoming Los Angeles: Myth, Memory, and a Sense of Place,” among other books.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

The musician was also known as an acclaimed essayist and poet, with an irrepressible sense of humour.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

Aisha Sabatini Sloan is an essayist and the author of four books, including “Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit” and “Captioning the Archives,” which she co-authored with her father, photographer Lester Sloan.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 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