The New York Review of Books' Adventures in New Media

As I wrote last week, when we decided to start a book section, the first call I made was to the New York Review of Books' legendary founder Bob Silvers, asking if he'd be interested in partnering with us.

A week and a half into this partnership, I couldn't be happier that he said yes. Your response to the NYR pieces we've posted -- with lots of comments and insightful feedback -- has shown what an appetite our community has for the in-depth explorations that have been the signature of the Review for going on 50 years.

It's also great to see such a venerable institution getting excited by all that the new media have to offer. That's why I want to call your attention to the New York Review of Books' new blog -- yes, the NYR is taking a leap into the blogosphere!

You can sample some of the bloggers they are featuring here. They include some of the best thinkers and writers on the topics they are covering.

Posted under the heading, "Roving thoughts and provocations from our writers," among the posts the Review is featuring are Perry Link on the anniversary of the Chinese revolution, Jonathan Freedland on Obama's Nobel Prize, Ronald Dworkin on corporate political advertising, Jonathan Raban on a quest for Madame Bovary in Normandy, Martin Filler on the quagmire at Ground Zero, and Ian Buruma on the new Japanese prime minister.

So click here to get a taste of what these gifted writers have to say... then click over to the NYR to savor a very satisfying meal.

 

 

 

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Comments

[ChrisWarren]

03:55 AM on 10/15/2009

I just read an article about a Baptist Church near Asheville, N.C., which is hosting a "Halloween book burning" to purge the area of "Satan's" works, which include all non-King James versions of the Bible, popular books by many religious authors and even country music.

Thank God for people like Arianna, institutions like the HuffPost, and publications such as the New York Review of Books - long may they escape the flames!

However, I also wonder if the Baptist Church near Asheville knows about the Sequoia tress in California. They need fire to prolong their life and their reproduction process. Maybe God does move in mysterious ways!!

Chris Warren
Author and Freelance Writer
Randolph's Challenge Book One - The Pendulum Swings
(see it at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Hall 8 Stand N959 - unless the Baptist Church near Asheville have got there before you!)

[lorenzojones]

01:58 PM on 10/14/2009

Thank you for supporting a great literary work, like the New York Review of Books, and for inspiring people to be literate. The level of citizen literacy has always been a cornerstone of our country, grown in the fertile ground of our freedom of thought and speech. However, in recent years, many ideologues have pushed a unity of thought and action as a basis for society, like the right-wing or left-wing nut cases that do not tolerate diverse thought. Again, thank you.

[Dwayne Raymond]

11:27 AM on 10/14/2009

I think this is the smartest thing I've read about integrating media yet. How often have we heard in recent years, during impassioned discussions, that publishing is dying, newspapers are simply coffins for words and it's all going deep and away from us? THIS is the future, like it or not; integration of the written word as we've always known it with far-reaching publicizing of good writer's works.

This is an exciting time to be a writer because of the possibility of reaching so many readers at one time. I tend to look at it this way also; Publishing, in all manner, is entering a new and awkward adolescence... yet again. Every adolescent grows up, finds his or her way and, with proper direction from attentive caretakers and mentors, finds the right path to adulthood.