30 Essential Literary Twitter Feeds
Plotting drinking games for tonight’s viewing of “Salinger.” Random celebs talking with great authority? Drink. Portentous music? Drink.
— Sadie Stein (@SadieStein) September 8, 2013
Sadie Stein
As a Paris Review editor and Jezebel alum, it can be safely be said that Stein knows a thing or two about both quality writing and what makes for good entertainment on the internet. A potent combination.
T.C. Boyle loves being on a train drinking rummy cokes in his underwear. Oh, and his whole interview is now online http://t.co/zjvL5SUHYu
— The Coffin Factory (@CoffinFactory) August 29, 2013
The Coffin Factory
As one of the newer local literary magazines (they launched in late 2011 and currently have five issues under their belt), Coffin Factory’s sharp, straightforward approach to showcasing good writing has been a welcome new source of intelligent reading material. Same goes for their Twitter feed.
This was awkward. RT @LaphamsQuart Everyone in the office into this Mark Twain pic until we realized HE’S ONLY 16. pic.twitter.com/hk6GrxgYE9
— Michelle Legro (@michellelegro) September 11, 2013
How can a history of Habsburg Europe be “personal” if you aren’t, say, Charles V? http://t.co/DfL3QoD2XG
— Michelle Legro (@michellelegro) September 4, 2013
Michelle Legro
Lapham’s Quarterly editor, and also, a reliable source for entertaining Brooklyn and book-related marginalia.
The artist who wrote the “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” cartoon has made $50k+ from it. http://t.co/CKrRhZxaKK
— Jacob Silverman (@silvermanjacob) September 13, 2013
“Why yes, I did write Armageddon, Shaft, an Alien vs. Predator movie, *and* Salinger. Why do you ask?” http://t.co/RGUhren6TK
— Jacob Silverman (@silvermanjacob) September 15, 2013
Jacob Silverman
Another person whose job it is to be on the internet all day (his book for Harper about social media is due out in 2014). As such, expect lots of links to things you’ll actually stop what you’re doing to read.
Childhood friend was arrested for murder. I should write an overwrought essay about it for Paris Review Daily. Get 13 RTs and $50.
— Jessa Crispin (@thebookslut) September 10, 2013
Bookslut
Admittedly, for a list of locally relevant Twitter feeds, Bookslut’s Berlin-based editor Jessica Crispin is pretty far-flung. But physical proximity aside, her musings are relentlessly on-point, and anyway, a little distance is healthy sometimes.