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He is married to Chris Kraus a novelist/filmmaker from New Zealand/Germany.
Just now he called to talk about the plumber.
Yet it retained the indie credibility of a passion project run by industry outsiders.
Bookslut was launched in 2002, as the engagement-driven, social-media-centric Web 2.0 was just coming into existence.
Everyone was online blabbing about something, Crispin remembers.
It might as well be about books.
It was a completely unprofessional, pointless activity that we all really enjoyed.
That fun-first feeling is palpable among the reminiscences of Millions staff.
I didnt go into it thinking that it was going to be anything other than my personal blog.
It was just the casual musings of people who were pretty serious readers and writers.
The sincerity of the site was singular, and refreshing although some people remained skeptical.
There was a point where someone described us as professional, meant in a pejorative sense, Kiesling says.
But in retrospect, she adds, its influence is undeniable.
What passed for a contentious comment thread on the Millions was quitecivilby most standards.
Max had a good eye for talent, he says.
(Publishers Weeklyliked it too.)
I really think of it as the place where I learned how to write nonfiction, says Mandel.
But what seems undeniable is that unpaid (or unreliably paid) blogging is a young persons game.
Magee, a father of three, was one of them.
He began quietly looking for a buyer in early 2018, but he was prepared to be picky.
I basically suggested, Hey, maybe you guys want to buy the Millions, Boretz says.
The process hasnt changed and what were looking for hasnt changed.
But maybe these things are best when theyre short-lived?
But either way, a threshold has been crossed.
The age of book blogging is dead.
Long live … Bookstagram?
