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The Leonard Lopate Show

The Best of the Blogs

Monday, February 18, 2008

There are more than 80 million blogs on the internet, with many new ones popping up every day. Sarah Boxer of the New York Times has sorted through some of the best for her new book, Ultimate Blogs: Masterworks from the Wild Web. Joining her are bloggers Alex Ross (therestisnoise.com) and Jennie Portnof (johnny i hardly knew you – jihky.blogspot.com).

Event: Sarah Boxer will be speaking and signing books with Alex Ross and Jennie Portnof
Monday, February 18 at 7 pm
Barnes & Noble
675 Sixth Avenue (at 22nd Street)

Weigh in: How many blogs do you read on a daily basis?

Listen to Alex Ross on the Lopate Show in Oct. 2007


Comments

  • [1] RC February 18, 2008 - 11:04AM

    The whole idea of blogs is to cater to individual tastes. So who cares what someone else thinks about blogs? Why do I need the "wisdom" of some dork at the New York Times or another blogger to tell me what is good and what isn't?


  • [2] susanna from new jersey February 18, 2008 - 12:15PM

    I spend about an hour or two every day visiting my favourite arts-related blogs. I'd rather do that in the evening than watch television. I've met several bloggers in person, after developing a friendship in the blogosphere. Stampington, a California-based publishing company, has a new issue of their "Artful Blogging" magazine in the bookstores this month. This is the second issue of Artful Blogging and it is beautiful! It's a collection of excerpts from their featured bloggers' blog posts along with examples of their artwork and links to their blogs.

    As for me, I'll be tuning into this program. It's always interesting to hear of a new blog.
  • [3] Eric from Jackson Heights, NY February 18, 2008 - 12:24PM

    Someone just mentioned poetry blogs on the air. There's a good interlinked tangle of poetry blogs that I have fun clicking around in. Start here:

    http://kinemapoetics.blogspot.com/

    or here:

    http://wordcage.blogspot.com/

    ... and click around among the blogs they link to.

    Whether it's about the poetry or the poets, it usually pretty interesting.
  • [4] naomi dagen bloom from harlem February 18, 2008 - 04:55PM

    an Elderblogger, one of the gazillion categories in the blogosphere, i'd read about boxer's book. delighted that lenorad lopate was so open to hearing about them and had two engaging bloggers on the show.

    surprised to find so few comments here. just blogged about it at www.alittleredhen.com.


  • [5] Serge Lescouarnec from Montclair, New Jersey February 18, 2008 - 07:44PM

    I guess it is all a matter of taste.

    Life would be boring if we all went for the same music, books, movies and food...

    I fell into the blog thing almost 3 years ago.

    I have been steadily writing since March 2005 as 'Serge the Concierge' (www.sergetheconcierge.com)

    I will also be presenting 'Just Over 50 and Not Dead Yet' at South by Southwest Interactive (in Austin) on March 8.

    This panel will discuss how the online world is not populated just by 20 somethings.

    Find more about it at http://www.pushing50.net

    A bientot

    Serge

    'The French Guy from New Jersey'

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