essayists

Definition of essayistsnext
plural of essayist

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Noun
  • On one hand, these older creatives remain among the few storytellers capable of contextualizing the seismic social and political shifts that have brought humanity to this point over the last century.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 May 2026
  • For rising talent, there's the Disney Creators Lab, which is an emerging-creators program designed to identify, develop, and amplify the next wave of online storytellers.
    Jon Youshaei, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • The annual Wagner New Play Festival brings the industry to the school, serving as a launchpad for the MFA playwrights and actors.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026
  • Walk in the footsteps of famous Irish authors and playwrights at Dunguaire Castle.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • The Dowd Voicers are either clueless about the facts or, like their hero Trump, are simply fabulists making up numbers to suit their biased narrative.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
  • More than 80 years later, writers, creators, and fabulists in dark corners of the internet are still imagining ways and worlds where Hitler’s genes somehow survived.
    Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The second edition of Pitch Talent, organized with the screenwriting labs IsLABentura Canarias, CIMA Impulsa and DAMA Ayuda, will showcase emerging screenwriters and creatives selected by each lab, joined by Mallorcan screenwriter-director Ferrán Bex.
    Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 11 May 2026
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