Jessa Crispin
Encyclopedia
Jessa Crispin is a critic and the editor-in-chief of Bookslut, a litblog
and webzine founded in 2002. Crispin is a publishing outsider who started the blog on the side while working at Planned Parenthood in Austin, Texas
and came to support herself by writing and editing the site full-time. In 2009, Crispin moved to Berlin. Chicago novelist Charles Blackstone
now serves as Bookslut's Managing Editor.
Bookslut has received mentions in many national and international newspapers, including The New York Times Book Review
and The Washington Post
. In 2005 Crispin kept a diary for The Guardian
.
Crispin has a regular column called "Bookslut" in the online cultural journal The Smart Set, published by Drexel University. She is a book critic for NPR and contributor to PBS's Need to Know. She has also written for The Washington Post, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Guardian and The Toronto Globe and Mail. She wrote the afterward to Melville House Books's reissue of Heinrich Boll's Billiards at Half-Past Nine.
Litblog
A litblog is a blog that focuses primarily on the topic of literature. There is a community of litblogs in the blogosphere whose authors cover a variety of literary topics. Litbloggers may write about fiction, nonfiction, poetry, the publishing industry, literary journals, literary criticism, and...
and webzine founded in 2002. Crispin is a publishing outsider who started the blog on the side while working at Planned Parenthood in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
and came to support herself by writing and editing the site full-time. In 2009, Crispin moved to Berlin. Chicago novelist Charles Blackstone
Charles Blackstone
Charles Blackstone is an American author. He is the a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder creative writing program, where he won the Barker Award for Fiction in 2001, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.-Works:...
now serves as Bookslut's Managing Editor.
Bookslut has received mentions in many national and international newspapers, including The New York Times Book Review
The New York Times Book Review
The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The offices are located near Times Square in New York...
and The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
. In 2005 Crispin kept a diary for The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
.
Crispin has a regular column called "Bookslut" in the online cultural journal The Smart Set, published by Drexel University. She is a book critic for NPR and contributor to PBS's Need to Know. She has also written for The Washington Post, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Guardian and The Toronto Globe and Mail. She wrote the afterward to Melville House Books's reissue of Heinrich Boll's Billiards at Half-Past Nine.