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Gabrielle Glancy is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The American Poetry Review.
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Gabrielle Glancy, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2026
As a poet, novelist, and essayist, Wendell Berry is one of the great modern voices of agrarian values.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Economist and essayist David Oks argued in an influential, widely read Substack post that most of this ATM story is just half the tale.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Athena Nassar is an Egyptian American poet, essayist, and short-story writer.
—Athena Nassar, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
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Gabrielle Glancy, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2026
As a poet, novelist, and essayist, Wendell Berry is one of the great modern voices of agrarian values.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Economist and essayist David Oks argued in an influential, widely read Substack post that most of this ATM story is just half the tale.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Athena Nassar is an Egyptian American poet, essayist, and short-story writer.
—Athena Nassar, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
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“Essayist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/essayist. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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essayist
noun
es·say·ist
ˈes-ˌā-əst 
: a writer of essays
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