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James, written by author and professor Percival Everett and narrated by Dominic Hoffman took home the award for Best Literary Fiction & Classics, while There's Always This Year written and narrated by poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib took home Best Non-Fiction.
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
More than a decade later, there’s still an essayist’s economy in Hunter’s writing.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Our essayist challenges that notion and encourages us to embrace ennui as a time to rest and rekindle the spirit.
—Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 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
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
More than a decade later, there’s still an essayist’s economy in Hunter’s writing.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Our essayist challenges that notion and encourages us to embrace ennui as a time to rest and rekindle the spirit.
—Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 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
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“Essayist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/essayist. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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essayist
noun
es·say·ist
ˈes-ˌā-əst 
: a writer of essays
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