essayist

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It’s one of the many issues he addresses in “Conversations on Faith,” written by Mr. Scorsese and Antonio Spadaro, an Italian Jesuit, theologian and essayist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The author is a writing professor for Antioch University and a published essayist who lives in Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

The musician was also known as an acclaimed essayist and poet, with an irrepressible sense of humour.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

It’s as if everyone’s a budding essayist on psychology, which makes a situation that trades on recklessness and delusion harder to swallow.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

But Wilfrid Sheed, an American novelist and essayist, penned a comment just before the match ended that many would later regard as prescient.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady