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Recent Examples of essayist
His date of employment coincided with the day the essayist and critic H.L. Mencken died.
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2025
On today’s episode Rembert Browne is an essayist, screenwriter and producer.
—Rembert Browne, New York Times, 29 May 2025
King has a blogger’s punch and an essayist’s analysis—her dexterous writing is intelligent, observant, and very, very funny.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Felsenthal is a fiction writer, poet, critic and essayist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Guardian, the Atlantic and other publications.
—Daniel Felsenthal, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2025
On today’s episode Rembert Browne is an essayist, screenwriter and producer.
—Rembert Browne, New York Times, 29 May 2025
King has a blogger’s punch and an essayist’s analysis—her dexterous writing is intelligent, observant, and very, very funny.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Felsenthal is a fiction writer, poet, critic and essayist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Guardian, the Atlantic and other publications.
—Daniel Felsenthal, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for essayist
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Sun has found comfort and satisfaction in his work as a novelist and florist after a difficult childhood in the entertainment industry, while Sung is driven to reach the highest echelons of career success as a team leader at Feel Entertainment, having seen her wealthy family lose everything.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
11 Aug. 2025
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There was late novelist and journalist Meyer Levin, and most recently, Josh Peck named his third child Meyer Lane.—
Marilyn La Jeunesse,
Parents,
8 Aug. 2025
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In 2024, Miranda collaborated with fellow playwright Eisa Davis on the musical project Warriors, a concept album themed after the 1979 film The Warriors.—
Katie Labovitz,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Closely | Opinion The celebrated Lebanese composer and playwright Ziad Rahbani, son of the iconic singer Fairuz, died suddenly on July 26.—
Alia Brahimi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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Conrad Earp, Asteroid City Of the three dramatists on this list, Earp is obviously the most developed.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2025
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Don’t underestimate what an intrepid dramatist can do with Shakespeare’s inexhaustible masterpiece.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 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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By Timothy O'Grady July 8, 2024 Belfast: city of riveters, inventors, linen mill girls, boxers, pamphleteers, revolutionaries, Lambeg drummers, Irish bagpipers, mission hall preachers, and mustachioed burghers with pocket watches.—
Timothy O'Grady,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 July 2024
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In a world that grows increasingly interconnected, the role of a creative storyteller is to bridge cultural divides while honoring the unique voices of each community.—
Colin Dougan,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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The jury is made up of experienced filmmakers, storytellers and industry insiders, including Paton Oswalt, Fred Durst, Otessa Moshfegh, Aaron Schimberg, Mercedes Bryce, Brandon Hill and more.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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The trial of Richard Worsley versus George Bisset in February 1782 attracted a considerable amount of publicity and was depicted by several of London’s best satirists.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 July 2025
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American eccentrics like Walters long have provided material for satirists across the pond.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
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The screenwriters, Gabriel Dalla Torre and Lucia Bracelis, along with producers Cecilia Agüero and Gisela Levin, aim to create a narrative that blends dark humor and tension.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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Clarke, screenwriter on the blockbuster film 2001: A Space Odyssey, has been given a new incarnation as ArthurGPT, an uncanny double who can sketch out captivating space scenarios and predict a spectrum of futures for explorers who lead the Earth’s evolution into a spacefaring civilization.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Ari Ben Menashe, a onetime Israeli operative whom Israeli and American officials have said is a fabulist who vastly exaggerates and fabricates, claims to have run Epstein as an asset.—
Ron Kampeas,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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George Santos to report to prison George Santos, the fabulist former New York Republican lawmaker, is set to report to prison Friday — and he’s had a lot to say about it.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
23 July 2025
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