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Abdul-Jabbar remained in the public eye long after his playing days as an essayist, actor, political activist and bestselling author, according to a previous Journal Sentinel report.
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Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The 2025 honorees in fiction, Deana Carney and Walter Sam, provide us with stories from outside of the carceral state, while essayists Steven Perez and Luzalbert Hernandez offer up tales of life on the inside and the winding roads that lead to incarceration.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
In the latest issue of the magazine, the writer and essayist Leslie Jamison reports on the many negative health effects of perfectionism.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
On this day in 1924: Novelist, essayist, playwright and activist James Baldwin was born in New York City.
—AZCentral.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The 2025 honorees in fiction, Deana Carney and Walter Sam, provide us with stories from outside of the carceral state, while essayists Steven Perez and Luzalbert Hernandez offer up tales of life on the inside and the winding roads that lead to incarceration.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
In the latest issue of the magazine, the writer and essayist Leslie Jamison reports on the many negative health effects of perfectionism.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
On this day in 1924: Novelist, essayist, playwright and activist James Baldwin was born in New York City.
—AZCentral.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Essayist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/essayist. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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essayist
noun
es·say·ist
ˈes-ˌā-əst 
: a writer of essays
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