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Recent Examples of essayist
The latter book was Straub's favorite piece of work from the late director and essayist.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
One of the first people to strongly encourage Crane to write the book was Joe Queenan, a prolific essayist and columnist for the Wall Street Journal.
—Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
Cyraina Johnson-Roullier is an associate professor of modern literature and literature of the Americas at the University of Notre Dame, as well as an author and essayist.
—Cyraina Johnson-Roullier, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
The essayist, novelist and farmer, 91, is interviewed off camera in the film, his deep, rumbling voice grounding the documentary with words of wisdom.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Mar. 2026
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
One of the first people to strongly encourage Crane to write the book was Joe Queenan, a prolific essayist and columnist for the Wall Street Journal.
—Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
Cyraina Johnson-Roullier is an associate professor of modern literature and literature of the Americas at the University of Notre Dame, as well as an author and essayist.
—Cyraina Johnson-Roullier, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
The essayist, novelist and farmer, 91, is interviewed off camera in the film, his deep, rumbling voice grounding the documentary with words of wisdom.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for essayist
Noun
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American poet and novelist Charles Bukowski had a wide range of menial jobs before finding success as a writer later in life.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
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Set in a quaint, New England town, the six-part series follows bestselling novelist, Allie (Shields), who forms an unlikely alliance with Andi (Williamson), an aspiring writer and podcaster, to find the killer of a close friend.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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The production was written and directed by Fort Lauderdale poet and playwright Darius Daughtry, founder of the Art Prevails Project.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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Loosely based on the nonfiction book You and I—The Illness Suddenly Gets Worse by Makiko Miyano and Maho Isono, the story follows the French director of a nursing home who attempts to introduce a more humane care technique and meets a terminally ill Japanese playwright.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
6 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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The debate centers on alternate theories proposing that Shakespeare was a front for the real dramatist (or dramatists).—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 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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But as a storyteller, Barton is primarily interested in how pairs of people navigate the power dynamics between them (think of the personal and professional relationships throughout Barton’s previous series, Giri/Haji and Black Doves), and so his Amadeus reconfigures.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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Industry leaders will discuss stackable incentives, rebates, grants, and financing strategies, alongside resources supporting independent producers and emerging storytellers working in California.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
11 May 2026
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As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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As her new film Influenced hits theaters, the Upper East Side’s favorite satirist has some thoughts on the must-have designer clothes, bags, and plastic surgeons that mean a certain thing to a certain people.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
11 May 2026
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Omar Badawy Omar is a comedian and satirist originally from Egypt.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2026
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Dark Ocean comes from Matthías Tryggvi Haraldsson, an Icelandic screenwriter and founding member of theatre and music collective Hatari.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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The film production stage is particularly delicate since during this phase the producer has to make artistic choices about the story, screenwriter, director, and cast that will influence significantly the quality of the outcome.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 May 2026
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