Smoky Links! Get Yer Smoky Links!

I have finally updated my sidebar links, deleting the political site where I contributed editorial comment but which ran out of gas months ago, and adding the following:

Bookslut
My favorite lit blog. (Sorry, GRJ. You really should post more regularly if you want to regain the top ranking.) Jessa Crispin and Michael Schaub prove indefatigable in passing along lit news and their trenchant commentary. Their monthly magazine is a must-read as well--besides all the usual interviews and reviews, I'm smitten by the regular feature Judging A Book By Its Cover, which thoughtfully analyzes book cover design.

Return of the Reluctant
The URL, edrants.com, says it all. Reporting live from San Francisco, Ed Champion provides his willfully undiluted opinions on literature and other life essentials.

Bookninja
The funniest thing to come out of Canada in the past twenty years. (I might have said "to ever come out of Canada", but I also have SCTV and Neil Young's singing voice to consider.)

Kirby Gann
Not a blog--though I'd love to read his insights on a daily basis--but an author website from a genuinely fine human being and rising literary talent. (I'll be posting my impressions of his fine novel, Our Napoleon In Rags, within the next few days.)