{"id":8112,"date":"2014-08-11T18:47:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T22:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=8112"},"modified":"2014-08-11T18:47:44","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T22:47:44","slug":"podcast-booksluts-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-booksluts-holiday","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Bookslut&#8217;s Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Jessa Crispin on the Virtual Memories Show by Gil Roth, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/14812217572\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2926\/14812217572_519f7cc3eb.jpg?w=440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jessa Crispin on the Virtual Memories Show\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_30_-_Booksluts_Holiday.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Memories Show: Jessa Crispin\u00a0&#8211; Bookslut&#8217;s Holiday<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8605\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8112-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_30_-_Booksluts_Holiday.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_30_-_Booksluts_Holiday.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_30_-_Booksluts_Holiday.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_30_-_Booksluts_Holiday.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8112-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_30_-_Booksluts_Holiday.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_4_Episode_30_-_Booksluts_Holiday.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You would be surprised at the level of craziness and hostility that exists in the literary world if you share a different opinion than somebody.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week&#8217;s guest was quintessential bookman Michael Dirda, and this time around we have Jessa Crispin, founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/bookslut.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">Bookslut<\/a>! Ms. Crispin recently stepped down from blogging at Bookslut after a 12-year run, which is like 500 years in internet-time. We talked about\u00a0that decision, the advice she&#8217;d give her 23-year-old self, the downsides of learning to write online, why lack of ambition was key to Bookslut&#8217;s success, her take on the state of book reviewing, her upcoming book,\u00a0<em>The Dead Ladies Project<\/em> (2015, from\u00a0University of Chicago Press), how she learned to love Henry James while nursing a breakup, and more!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8606\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8112-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_30_-_Booksluts_Holiday.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_30_-_Booksluts_Holiday.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_30_-_Booksluts_Holiday.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_30_-_Booksluts_Holiday.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8112-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_30_-_Booksluts_Holiday.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_4_Episode_30_-_Booksluts_Holiday.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been my experience that in your hour of need, the book that you need to read will find you.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We also discuss\u00a0how she escaped the Outrage Machine by moving to Berlin, how she pared her library down to 17 books, why joining the National Book Critics Circle was her biggest mistake during the Bookslut era, why Belgrade was her least favorite city to visit, and why she&#8217;s more afraid of reading her blog archives than her old margin notes.\u00a0<em>Bonus: I accidentally mix up\u00a0William Safire and William Buckley!<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It isn&#8217;t the case of &#8216;I&#8217;m only going to review the nice things&#8217;; it&#8217;s more the case that I can cultivate the world that I want to live in. I can invite people in rather than constantly defend the gates.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_30_-_Booksluts_Holiday.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! Related conversations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-wine-women-and-novel-writing\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Blackstone<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Michael Dirda: <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-bookmans-holiday\" target=\"_blank\">July &#8217;14<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-correction-of-taste\" target=\"_blank\">Oct. &#8217;12<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-buddy-richs-teeth-and-the-corruption-of-reality\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Slate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-euphonic-sounds\" target=\"_blank\">Lynne Sharon Schwartz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-consolation-of-poetry\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Hadas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?tag=podcast&amp;feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jessa_Crispin\" target=\"_blank\">Jessa Crispin<\/a> is the editor and founder of the literary magazines <a href=\"http:\/\/bookslut.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bookslut.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/spoliamag.com\" target=\"_blank\">Spoliamag.com<\/a>. Her first book, <em>The Dead Ladies Project<\/em>, is forthcoming from the University of Chicago Press, fall 2015. Born in Kansas, she has lived in Texas, Ireland, Chicago, and Germany. She has written for many publications, some of which are still in business. Her personal library currently resides in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>No More Words<em>\u00a0by Berlin\u00a0(see, because Jessa isn&#8217;t writing any more blog posts for Bookslut and she moved to Berlin a while back, and &#8212; oh, never mind). The conversation was recorded at a housesit in Brooklyn on a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001QWBM62\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B001QWBM62\">Zoom H4n recorder<\/a>. The intro and outro were recorded on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti USB Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002VA464S\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Garage Band. Photo of Ms. Crispin by me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show: Jessa Crispin\u00a0&#8211; Bookslut&#8217;s Holiday &#8220;You would be surprised at the level of craziness and hostility that exists in the literary world if you share a different opinion than somebody.&#8221; Last week&#8217;s guest was quintessential bookman Michael Dirda, and this time around we have Jessa Crispin, founder of Bookslut! Ms. Crispin recently stepped &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-booksluts-holiday\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Podcast: Bookslut&#8217;s Holiday&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1028,4,1183],"tags":[2801,2130,2798,323,120,2793,888,883,1687,1568,2799,1156,2794,535,2804,2800,2792,1450,610,2796,2797,2131,2803,2795,2802],"class_list":["post-8112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chicago","category-literature","category-podcasts","tag-arthur-koestler","tag-bookslut","tag-daphne-gottlieb","tag-david-foster-wallace","tag-david-gates","tag-dennis-johnson","tag-gary-groth","tag-gore-vidal","tag-harry-potter","tag-henry-james","tag-iain-mcgilchrist","tag-jessa-crispin","tag-john-freeman","tag-john-updike","tag-katelan-foisy","tag-kathryn-davis","tag-maud-newton","tag-michael-dirda","tag-milan-kundera","tag-nora-barnacle","tag-rebecca-brown","tag-spolia","tag-tarot","tag-william-buckley","tag-william-james"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-26Q","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10207,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-206-jessa-crispin","url_meta":{"origin":8112,"position":0},"title":"Episode 206 &#8211; Jessa Crispin","author":"Gil","date":"February 20, 2017","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 206: Jessa Crispin \"My advice of 'Live a life that's in alignment with your value system' doesn't go over super-great because that requires knowing what your value system is.\" Bookslut founder Jessa Crispin rejoins the show to talk about her new book, Why I Am Not A\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/architecture"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0108web.jpg?fit=800%2C800&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0108web.jpg?fit=800%2C800&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0108web.jpg?fit=800%2C800&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0108web.jpg?fit=800%2C800&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9169,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/new-books-from-old-guests","url_meta":{"origin":8112,"position":1},"title":"New books from old guests","author":"Gil","date":"November 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"With the recent release of The Peace Process: A Novella and Stories by Bruce Jay Friedman (and this fantastic review of it by Adam Kirsch), I thought it would be a good idea to get together a list of new books from past guests of the podcast. 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