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Looking for Some Literary Tumblrs?

1. Tiffany
   at 11:13 am on September 7, 2011

   I would like to add:

   Housing Works Bookstore, http://housingworksbookstore.tumblr.com/
   Books Matter, http://booksmatter.tumblr.com
   Books I Just Read, http://booksijustread.com/

2. Nick Moran
   at 11:41 am on September 7, 2011

   Great finds, Tiffany.

   I’ll tack on:

   Bookshelf Porn (this IS safe for work, despite its title), http://bookshelfporn.com/
   Proustitute, http://proustitute.tumblr.com/
   Slaughterhouse 90210, http://slaughterhouse90210.tumblr.com/
   NYPL, http://nypl.tumblr.com/
   Dostoyevsky, http://dostoyevsky.tumblr.com/
   McNally Jackson, http://mcnallyjackson.tumblr.com/

   Also these publishers and magazines have good ones:

   W. W. Norton, http://wwnorton.tumblr.com/
   A. A. Knopf, http://aaknopf.tumblr.com/
   Hobart Pulp, http://hobartpulp.tumblr.com/
   NYRB Classics, http://nyrbclassics.tumblr.com/
   LARB, http://lareviewofbooks.org/
   The Missouri Review, http://themissourireview.tumblr.com/
   Scribner Books, http://scribnerbooks.tumblr.com/
   The Paris Review, http://theparisreview.tumblr.com/

3. Will @ 50 Watts
   at 1:02 pm on September 7, 2011

   Thanks for mentioning my tumblr “Writers No One Reads”! I’m embarrassed by the lazy name (at least I deleted the “f*ck yeah” after the first day), especially when learning of SLAUGHTERHOUSE 90210.

4. Laura
   at 2:17 pm on September 7, 2011

   What about a literary tumblr of short stories from an aspiring writer who’s too easily enticed by the instant gratification of followers’ Likes to pursue real publication elsewhere? Does that count?

   http://paintedfictions.tumblr.com/

   Tumblr is a platform that encourages quick, image oriented scroll-down browsing anyway, but it is encouraging to follow the New Yorker and The Atlantic on it…makes me feel like I have a way closer relationship with them than is realistic!

5. Greg
   at 9:53 pm on September 7, 2011

   The Los Angeles Review of Books (lareviewofbooks.org) has consistently marvelous content. It’s a great and vital literary venture, though I don’t think it will be a Tumblr for much longer, since they’re supposedly launching a new site soon.