James Baldwin, e.g (8)

I believe the answer is:

essayist

(Other definitions for essayist that I've seen before include "Writer of short literary pieces" , "Lamb, perhaps" , "Bacon maybe" , "Writer of pieces on various subjects" , "Writer of little prose pieces" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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