Literary Criticism Blogs

Web logs devoted to criticism of literature from classical to contemporary.

Resources in this category:

Blogcritics.org
http://blogcritics.org/index.php

A collaborative blog where bloggers review "music, books, film, popular culture, and technology." Popular culture is a grab bag of responses to politics, recent news items, controversial issues, and things to see and do around the country and the world (like the Dachua Beer festival). One can also find discussions/responses to current events in music, books, and film here.

Bookslut
http://www.bookslut.com/

Proclaiming a deep love of books and promising to judge judiciously, this site is both a monthly web magazine and a daily blog, providing news, reviews, and commentary. The site was created by the magazine's editor-in-chief, Jessa Crispin.

Collected Miscellany
http://www.collectedmiscellany.com/

The blog is maintained by Kevin Holtsberry, a freelance writer in Ohio. Along with other contributors, the blog provides opinions and musings about books and writing. It also has long list of other blogs on art and culture.

Cosmopoetica
http://www.cosmopoetica.com/blog/

Blogger/poet Chris Lott, who blogs on a variety of subjects on the internet, blogs here on books, book news, art, and his own attendant psychoses. The site also provides numerous links to book, poetry, art, and music sites and blogs.

the litblog co-op
http://lbc.typepad.com/

A collaboration of some of the leading literary bloggers with the intent to draw notice to the best contemporary authors and presses. Visitors will find reviews of many good books not on the bestseller lists and book discussions, that one can read or podcast, by the participating bloggers.

The Literary Saloon at The Complete Review: A Literary Weblog
http://www.complete-review.com/saloon/

The Literary Saloon is the weblog of The Complete Review, which reviews books and provides blurbs from other reputable book review sources, as well as news and commentary (which is definitely not restricted to items that can be found on the net).

The Millions (A Blog About Books)
http://www.themillionsblog.com/

In-depth discussion of books and book news provided by blog creator C. Max Magee, a grad student in journalism at Northwestern and blog contributors Andrew Saikali, an editor for Toronto's Globe and Mail; Emre Peker, a New York paralegal and booklover; Patrick Brown, an Iowa City writer; and award-winning screenwriter and journalist Rodger Jacobs. The blog also has lots of great links to book news, reviews, and interviews.

MOBYlives
http://www.mobylives.com/

Dennis Loy Johnson, short-story writer and winner of the Pushcart Prize and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, has written his syndicated newspaper column of the same name since 1998, discussing books and writers and occasionally giving hope to those fearing the literary arts are dead as Moby Dick -- who didn't die in the Melville's story -- and who is also a fictional creation -- not Melville, the whale. Instead of pondering the viability of the metaphor, attend to the great literary industry gossip and news. There is usually a weekly guest columnist as well.

NewPages Weblog
http://newpagesblog.blogspot.com/

Provides commentary and news on new books, magazines, and music from an alternative perspective. The blog is part of the NewPages internet portal, a gateway to hundreds of alternative and/or independent literary and publishing magazines, publishers, press links, and review sources. NewPages also has its own book and magazine reviews.