"mini-essay" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2015 August 27, Emily Gould, “The Art of the Out-of-Office Reply”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "There are autobiographical mini-essays. And increasingly, there are frank admissions that the person on the other end of the email is actually available in some way, just less likely than usual to respond to you.",
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          "text": "There are autobiographical mini-essays. And increasingly, there are frank admissions that the person on the other end of the email is actually available in some way, just less likely than usual to respond to you.",
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