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Recent Examples of fictioneer
The British science-fictioneer has, as a screenwriter and director, staked out a particular genre of galaxy-brain theater.
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James Poniewozik, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
James Poniewozik, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictioneer
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Wolfe, an inventive novelist and the father of New Journalism, is still widely read seven years after his death at the age of 88.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
24 June 2025
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Protect the Mütter created a petition—signed by more than thirty thousand people, including Roach, the magician Penn Jillette, and the novelist Neil Gaiman—that called for the dismissal of Irons and Quinn, among other measures.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Toscano said that the city has been underrepresented, which is part of the allure drawing storytellers there.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
12 June 2025
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As a musical storyteller, Roukia focuses on the healing capacity of music and dance.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
12 June 2025
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Many of the hustlers and fabulists who populate Crews’s fiction are typical American strivers.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Playing in the space between social realism and fabulist storytelling, Kezilahabi’s novel asks moral questions about parents’ responsibilities and the effects of women’s liberation, sparing no one but withholding final judgment.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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This was true for autobiographers and for belletristic authors.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Dec. 2024
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Most Black autobiographers never even planned to publish (or thought about publishing) their books commercially.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Dec. 2024
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How Iran might strike back, by Colin P. Clarke, guest essayist, The New York Times.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
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Jessica Kiang Film critic, essayist and programmer with bylines in Variety, Sight & Sound, Criterion, Mubi, the New York Times, the LA Times, the Washington Post, Film Comment and Rolling Stone, among other outlets.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
3 June 2025
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“Fictioneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictioneer. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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