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Here are a few of our favorite
websites, places that are taking advantage of the medium in special ways
and delivering quality doses of literary sustenance to those hungry for
that sort of thing.
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 | Slate
An online
publication that's actually improved since its inception, Slate's
innovative Book Club feature is one of its best.
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| Salon
Though it now lacks the impressive breadth
and depth that made it the first name in online journalism, Salon is
still quite venerable, and its Books section consistently picks great
reads, including our own Disappearing
Body. You'll also find sharp and slightly offbeat commentary on
politics, technology, music, film, and television here.
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| Literary Web Blogs
We've been reading Bookslut and
Maud Newton almost every day
for the past few months.
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| Bold
Type
An online literary magazine runs
interviews, essays, stories, and excerpts by many of the most
interesting and exciting authors, resulting in some of the best content on the Web.
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| Atlantic
Unbound
The Atlantic Monthly's perhaps surprisingly interesting
and adventurous website, with separate web-only content that in many
cases wouldn't work as well in print, for example this story as word problem.
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| Bombsite
If you're not reading Bomb Magazine, you
should be. It's basically a magazine of "interviews between actors,
artists, writers, musicians, directors, and actors." The strategy
is to get one interesting person interviewing another. Occasionally this
is a colossal failure (but at least an ambitious one), but usually it
gives fascinating and provocative results. Their website, like the
magazine, is elegantly designed and includes some of the content from
the current issue and a selection of back issues.
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| Publishers Lunch
With all of their resources,
either BookWire -- which draws on Publishers Weekly content and
other sources. For publishing folks, Michael Cader's
Publishers Lunch, which, much like Jim Romenesko's celebrated MediaNews does for the media, provides a thorough
and knowing guide to each day's book news.
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| BlueEar
An interesting online publishing
venture. Their subtitle -- Global Writing Worth Reading -- is bold, but
for the most part true. There are good book reviews that can point you
in some unique directions, but also some fascinating original content
that is in fact global -- pieces tend to read like dispatches from
places, cultures, mindsets you might not otherwise have access to -- and
is consistently well-written.
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| The Dalkey Archive
A non-profit organization and publisher that has
put innovative older works back in print and provided a first publisher
for innovative new voices.
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| The
Barcelona Review
The best online-only literary journal published
in English, Spanish, Catalan, and French, and including good work from
both new and established writers.
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| Zoetrope All-Story
One of the most interesting
print literary magazine also publishes one of the most interesting
online magazines, with a separate online-only section that publishes
only new writers who submit their work electronically and agree to
participate in a workshop-style evaluation of others' stories.
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| Web Del Sol
A sort of clearinghouse of literary
journals on the web, including notable print journals such as
Conjunctions and Zyzzyva.
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| Counterspace
A good primer on typography, which
may seem like an esoteric subject, but knowing even just a little about
type definitely adds to any book-lover's experience and appreciation of
books. Plus it's a brilliant, elegant use of Flash.
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| Arts and Letters
Daily
While technically only published Monday through Saturday,
Arts and Letters Daily offers some of the Web's smartest content,
compiling essays and reviews on literature, culture, philosophy, and
science.
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Assorted Book Sites
Choose your favorite from among: Book Reporter, Central
Booking , MobyLives, and Beatrice.
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| The
Hunger Site
If you have enough time to mess around on the Web to
scroll all the way down this links list, go here and spend a few seconds
feeding the hungry for free.
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