The Best Literary Fiction Blogs & Website
Best Literary Fiction Blogs & Websites
- The Rumpus. They claim to be about culture, rather than pop culture. Mission: “To introduce readers to things they might not have heard of yet.” Twitter:@The_Rumpus. Recent post: All Over Coffee Collaboration With Daniel Handler
- We Who Are About to Die. A group blog that covers a lot of territory. Run by Daniel Nester. Twitter: @WWAATD. Recent post: Quick, name a literary journal off the top of your head!
- The Millions. An online magazine offering coverage on books, arts, and culture since 2003. Twitter: @The_Millions. Recent post: Battle of the Heavyweights: Errol Morris vs. Susan Sontag
- HTML Giant. I’ve enjoyed having my blog posts smartly ridiculed by HTML Giant. Many contributors, always a good read. Twitter: @HTMLGiant. Recent post: Blog Is Still a Four-Letter Word
- The Nervous Breakdown. This site goes way beyond literary fiction and culture, but if you enjoy the other sites on this list, then check out this one, too. Twitter: TNBtweets. Recent post: New Directions in Publishing: Victor David Giron and Caroline Picard on Chicago’s Indie Publishing Explosion
- Rob Around Books. A very rare specimen: A blog that focuses on the short story. Twitter: @RobAroundBooks
- American Fiction Notes. Not updated frequently, but quality over quantity. As the title indicates, this blog focuses on U.S novelists and short story writers. Twitter:@mathitak. Recent post: The Anxiety of Self-Influence
- Bookslut. One of the oldest and best places to find out about new books and literary news, by Jessa Crispin. Twitter: @thebookslut
- Maud Newton. Another one of the classics. Twitter: @maudnewton. Recent post: The Interbreeding of Middlemarch and Barthes
- The Second Pass. Reviews, essays, and blog posts about books new and old, founded by a former HarperCollins editor. Twitter: @thesecondpass. Recent post: “It was just absolutely true.”
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