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The New York Times has entered the blogging world with a vengeance. In the past year, the venerable paper has launched a fleet of blogs promising up-to-the-minute posts, giddy commentary, and slapdash candor. And a bunch of them have succeeded at it, too.

One of the most recent sites to sail forth from the Gray Lady is Paper Cuts, an "almost daily round-up of news and opinions about books and printed matter" from the Book Review. The site's young still, but already senior editor-now-blogger Dwight Garner has won us over. From his description of infighting among Cormac McCarthy fans ("the fighting Cormackians") to his lovingly compiled slideshow of vintage book ads, we're hooked. The writing's good, the twice daily posts are fresh but manageable, and the potential of literary gossip runs high. That last part might be wishful thinking, but he did call Maud Newton's blog "winsome." A recent take on a new biography of John Updike included this line: "If you're like me, you'll find this strange book a blissful snort of unfiltered catnip." Sneeze! We wish we'd written that.

Jan 01, 2008
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Dec 27, 2007
Kiddie Records Weekly - the gang's all here.

Dec 26, 2007
Japander.com - money changes everything.

Dec 25, 2007
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