Book Critic: AltWeeklies.com is Part of a 'River of Critical Energy' Online
By AAN Staff
october 6, 2009 03:01 pm
"Sales may be flat, bookstores may be struggling and book sections may be dying, but the critical conversation about books continues to be robust, intelligent and adventurous," former
San Francisco Chronicle book critic Patricia Holt writes on Huffington Post. She points to six websites as proof, including
AltWeeklies.com, of which she writes: "If you're weary of the received wisdom of official book review sites ... here is a treasury of refreshing and often unpredictable takes from alternative weeklies all over the country."