essayist
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There’s even a controversial conservative in their midst: essayist George Schuyler, who once argued against a “Negro art,” got righteous pushback from Langston Hughes and who doesn’t seem entirely comfortable to be there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
A widely published essayist and commentator, he is the author of five books, most recently “The Religious Revolution: The Making of Modern Spirituality, 1848-98.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
They were encouraged by Pavel Pavlovich Muratov, a Russian art historian and prolific essayist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Are you really? Well, you know what they say—God will not look you over for medals or diplomas, but for scars. That’s Elbert Hubbard, an American essayist, if you’re interested.”
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
And his influences included writers who worked in that tradition: writers and essayists such as Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Jorge Luis Borges and Euclides Da Cunha.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025
Several essayists have described common characteristics of the “Star Wars” generation in terms of its existence at a technological turning point.
From Salon ● May 25, 2024
“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
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