essayist

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Whilst looking for an academic mentor in Oxford, Geisel was paired with the Scottish essayist Alexander Carlisle.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

“Sure you’re romantic about American history,” wrote DeVoto, a historian and essayist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

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

Felsenthal is a fiction writer, poet, critic and essayist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Guardian, the Atlantic and other publications.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 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