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Recent Examples of essayist
As a poet, novelist, and essayist, Wendell Berry is one of the great modern voices of agrarian values.
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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
Both of them were writers—Lowell a poet, Hardwick an essayist and novelist.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2026
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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
Both of them were writers—Lowell a poet, Hardwick an essayist and novelist.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for essayist
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Published in 2020, Beach Read is a romantic comedy following January Andrews, a successful romance novelist who struggles with grief and writer’s block after her father’s death and the discovery of secrets he’s long kept hidden.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
28 May 2026
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His favorite author is young adult novelist Alan Gratz, favorite food is beef stroganoff and favorite school subject is math.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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Text assembled by the playwright Anna Deavere Smith voices the sentiments of past dancers while the current Ailey crew demonstrates its strength.—
Zoë Hopkins,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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Highlights include a world premiere starring acclaimed actress Judith Ivey, a fresh take on Jane Austen by popular playwright Ken Ludwig and an autobiographical one-woman show by Broadway performer Sharone Sayegh.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 May 2026
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The theater was built by songwriter, dramatist and playwright Arthur Hammerstein to honor his father, Oscar Hammerstein I, and opened as Hammerstein’s Theater in 1927.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
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In transcripts of hearings of the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Garber finds an upwelling of voices from the literary past, among them Christopher Marlowe, the revenge dramatist Thomas Kyd, and, from first to last, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare.—
Charlie Tyson,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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To be a good poet or pamphleteer, like Thomas Paine or Samuel Johnson, requires a kind of day-to-day daring, with triumphs made in conversation and correspondence; a good banker or stockbroker makes his in columns of numbers.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2026
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Even when insulted or thwarted – by Spanish intrigues on the Florida frontier, by British seizures in the Caribbean, by pamphleteers accusing him of being a monarch in disguise – Washington’s tone remained measured.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
12 Jan. 2026
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Her approach of looking at the world through the lens of a non-linear storyteller felt not only timely but essential to understanding a global cultural landscape outside traditional institutional frameworks.—
Thomas Rom,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026
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My life, my choices and roles, my skillsets as a producer, director, writer, comic book creator, vodcaster, storyteller of the year, my politics, my company, Color Farm Media, the impact, my partnerships, my collaboration, my future all speaks to this.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
6 June 2026
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As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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For a satirist or a cynic, Esperantists are easy fodder.—
Katie Thornton,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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But satire, as a rule, falls flat when the satirist has so little to say.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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Bilton is a technology journalist, author, documentary filmmaker and screenwriter.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
3 June 2026
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In addition to his journalism career, Bilton has also worked as a screenwriter and filmmaker.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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“Essayist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essayist. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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