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essay

[es-ey, es-ey, e-sey, e-sey] / ˈɛs eɪ, ˈɛs eɪ, ɛˈseɪ, ɛˈseɪ /




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“The Bloody Crossroads,” published in 1987, isn’t the kind of book you expect a journalist to write: a collection of perceptive, thoroughgoing literary essays on important writers from Henry Adams to Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her collection of essays “Part of Nature, Part of Us: Modern American Poets” was published to wide acclaim in 1980.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Reich’s music runs from intimate to epic, and it’s all captured in this engaging set, supplemented with thoughtful essays by his advocates.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, my grandfather sent me a large bundle of Japanese Gelly-Roll pens and a guide to writing good essays.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her first essay collection, “Underneath the Palm Trees,” is forthcoming in early 2027.

From Los Angeles Times