Litkicks, run by Levi Asher is the oldest-known literary blog of its kind and also remains active.

Think of them as literary blogs, but on newsprint.

Nilanjana Roy, a Delhi-based writer who runs kitabkhana.blogspot.com, a literary blog, called it "a dangerous precedent."

Sort it out, Guardian subs - this is suppposed to be a literary blog and you can't even get simple scientific names right...

we surveyed our favorite book critics, both print and online, from high-profile publications to the hottest literary blogs.

Mr. Ford, who has never looked at a literary blog, said he wanted the judgment and filter that he believed a newspaper book editor could provide.

A panel sponsored by MySpace.com, the social networking site, drew a standing-room-only crowd, as did another discussion on the influence of literary blogs.

Interview in the literary blog Hablando del asunto, November 2009.

Lizzie Skurnick is the editor of Old Hag, a literary blog.

His literary and cultural blog is at http://www.djelloulmarbrook.com.