essayist

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It’s one of the many issues he addresses in “Conversations on Faith,” written by Mr. Scorsese and Antonio Spadaro, an Italian Jesuit, theologian and essayist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Could the same be said of a disingenuous essayist?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

According to his one-time adviser, the veteran essayist and confidant of presidents Alain Minc, Macron "must now go down as the worst president of the Fifth Republic".

From BBC • Oct. 16, 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