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There goes America’s competitive advantage in a warming world, by Robinson Meyer, guest essayist, The New York Times.
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
She’s been an opinion writer here at The Times (from 2005 to 2016) and a personal essayist of sometimes provocative proclivities for decades.
—Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
At least, that’s what happened to English critic, essayist, and newspaper editor Leigh Hunt (1784–1859), one of Britain’s most historically ruthless writers.
—Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 4 Apr. 2025
For Sinno, who is also a novelist, essayist, and translator, this question could not be more personal, reaching into the very core of her identity.
—Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
She’s been an opinion writer here at The Times (from 2005 to 2016) and a personal essayist of sometimes provocative proclivities for decades.
—Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
At least, that’s what happened to English critic, essayist, and newspaper editor Leigh Hunt (1784–1859), one of Britain’s most historically ruthless writers.
—Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 4 Apr. 2025
For Sinno, who is also a novelist, essayist, and translator, this question could not be more personal, reaching into the very core of her identity.
—Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Essayist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/essayist. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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essayist
noun
es·say·ist
ˈes-ˌā-əst 
: a writer of essays
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