30 Essential Literary Twitter Feeds
“Life is ruined! The apocalypse is upon us! They added ‘landscape’ to the dictionary!”—people in 1602
— Teju Cole (@tejucole) August 29, 2013
Teju Cole
Though Cole’s tweets aren’t particularly lit-specific and tend to veer more political, they’re often funny, always insightful, and his is one of the few feeds that seems to be followed by absolutely everyone. Not to be missed.
I just spent 2 minutes trying to fit a Proust quote into tweet form, but it can’t be done.
— Lincoln Michel (@TheLincoln) September 15, 2013
Proust has a really long-winded way of saying #YOLO http://t.co/AqVXaWtZI0
— Lincoln Michel (@TheLincoln) September 16, 2013
Lincoln Michel
Yes, it’s a safe bet that a co-editor for Gigantic and a prolific contributor to publications like the Believer and Tin House would be a worthwhile person to follow if you’re at all interested in writing, or Brooklyn, or both. But really, it seems like the above series of tweets should be impetus enough.
Saw a guy who looked like Phillip Roth on a Citibike this morning then had a waking dream about an army of Phillip Roths on Citibikes.
— Jami Attenberg (@jamiattenberg) September 12, 2013
Jami Attenberg
It seems fair to say that the Middlesteins author (and Word bookstore staffer) comes from the Emma Straub school of using Twitter to nice and generally useful-to-everybody ends. Great for keeping tabs on worthwhile local readings, links to her excellent Tumblr posts, goings-on in Greenpoint’s most beloved bookstore, and pleasant, informative interactions with other local authors.
The evolutionary and sexual advantages of good storytelling: http://t.co/2LpkP8znBs
— Electric Literature (@ElectricLit) September 5, 2013
Electric Literature
Another particulraly well executed feed from a literary journal, Electric Lit is wonderfully reliable for tweeting great work other than their own, supporting local authors, and providing us all with solid mid-afternoon distraction material.
Hard to be Jonathan. RT @Salon: Jonathan Lethem: “My work is taken so seriously, maybe excessively seriously” http://t.co/R9KXXrd2ee
— Jason Diamond (@imjasondiamond) September 7, 2013
Jason Diamond
As the literary editor of Flavorwire and the founding editor of Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Diamond is nothing if not good at keeping his finger on the pulse of the local lit community at any given moment. If you’re ever wondering just what it is that everyone around you seems to be talking about, check in here.