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For example: "NNT is an essayist, belletrist, & researcher only interested in one single topic, chance (particularly extreme & rare events, the" Black Swans "i.e. outliers)". — My Name is Kate
However I do like the sound of belletrist more so than essayist or, well, blogger. — My Name is Kate
From All Movie Guide: Compelling, controversial, multifaceted belletrist Amiri Baraka endured a series of lifestyle changes and a dramatic intellectual and creative evolution over time, but ultimately came to symbolize the perfect union of personal literary expression and racially-charged political activism.
This quixotic, savage, shambolic literary provocateur may be the only remaining representative of that dying breed, the Australian belletrist. — newmatilda.com - Comments
[275] {209} [D'Alembert (Jean-le-Rond, philosopher, mathematician, and belletrist, 1717-1783) had recently lost his friend, Mlle. (Claire — The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2