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Lilly Milman is an essayist based in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Lilly Milman, Vox, 6 Feb. 2025
In 2019, essayist Sarah Chihaya had a nervous breakdown that coincided with a bout of the titular anxiety disorder, which causes someone to have an intense and irrational fear of books and writing.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
The novelist and essayist Dara Horn, for instance, has asserted that any Anne Frank exhibition inevitably cheapens and commercializes the girl’s memory, turning her into a symbol of easy uplift.
—Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor recognizes individuals who have had an impact on American society in ways similar to novelist and essayist Samuel Clemens, colloquially known as Mark Twain.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
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Lilly Milman, Vox, 6 Feb. 2025
In 2019, essayist Sarah Chihaya had a nervous breakdown that coincided with a bout of the titular anxiety disorder, which causes someone to have an intense and irrational fear of books and writing.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
The novelist and essayist Dara Horn, for instance, has asserted that any Anne Frank exhibition inevitably cheapens and commercializes the girl’s memory, turning her into a symbol of easy uplift.
—Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor recognizes individuals who have had an impact on American society in ways similar to novelist and essayist Samuel Clemens, colloquially known as Mark Twain.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Essayist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/essayist. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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essayist
noun
es·say·ist
ˈes-ˌā-əst 
: a writer of essays
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