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Baggot, who will also serve as executive producer, is a novelist, essayist, poet and associate professor at Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts.
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Justin Kroll, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Robin Myers is a poet, translator, essayist, and 2023 NEA Translation Fellow.
—Ganesh Marín, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
Simon Njami is an independent curator and a lecturer, art critic, and essayist.
—Simon Njami, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Merrill Markoe is an Emmy-winning comedy writer, author, and essayist.
—Merrill Markoe, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
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Justin Kroll, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Robin Myers is a poet, translator, essayist, and 2023 NEA Translation Fellow.
—Ganesh Marín, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
Simon Njami is an independent curator and a lecturer, art critic, and essayist.
—Simon Njami, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Merrill Markoe is an Emmy-winning comedy writer, author, and essayist.
—Merrill Markoe, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for essayist
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For extra literary merit, the screenplay was co-written by novelist Emma Donoghue, with director Philippa Lowthorpe.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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And Henry's work also helped Kuang to visualize her own path as a novelist.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Paul Mescal, 29, stars as the popular playwright and poet.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Adapted by playwright David Farr from spy master John le Carré's 1993 novel of the same name, the April 2016 AMC series earned the Marvel Cinematic Universe star a Golden Globe for best actor in a limited series, and fueled discussion around Hiddleston as a potential James Bond.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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The essential New Orleans recipe, named after French dramatist Victorien Sardou in 1908 to celebrate his trip to The Big Easy, is a close cousin to eggs Benedict.—
Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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This gripping book about the short, daring life of the Elizabethan dramatist Christopher Marlowe makes an eloquent case for his work’s beauty and sly unorthodoxy.—
Monitor reviewers,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Dec. 2025
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Turning from his father’s trade of corset-making, Paine tried his hand at business, met and impressed Benjamin Franklin in London, sailed to America, and there found his true metier as a pamphleteer and radical.—
Matthew Redmond,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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Even with all his diplomatic ties, Franklin was powerless to assist Platt because of the Treason Act’s suspension of habeas corpus. Advertisement Newspaper editors and pamphleteers circulated stories about the horrible conditions in the British prisons holding thousands of Americans.—
Time,
Time,
9 July 2025
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Celebrate fresh voices and first-time storytellers making their mark by choosing a debut novel.—
Ashlee Conour,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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New York storyteller Laura Sims leads workshops and performs stories on Saturday and Sunday during the Atlanta Jewish Storytelling Festival at The Breman.—
Mary Caldwell,
AJC.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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One key figure in her universe is Tom Lehrer, the musical satirist and local hero who died last July.—
Brett Milano,
Boston Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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The conservative satirist announced in May that he was being treated for prostate cancer, which had metastasized to his bones.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
2 Jan. 2026
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The author, director and screenwriter grew up in a Chinese immigrant household, moving around the United States frequently throughout her childhood.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Volpe, who studied at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf in Potsdam, has established herself as both a director and screenwriter.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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Her story remains fractured—saint, prophet, brand, fabulist—but her status as one of modernism’s most disruptive figures is secure.—
Alice Gregory,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
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The multimillionaire financier, who died in federal custody in 2019, was also a fabulist and serial illusionist.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
15 Nov. 2025
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