literary journalism

Norman Sims has spent three decades studying literary journalism, a genre that is generally viewed in contrast to traditional newspaper journalism. But in his new book, "True Stories: A Century of Literary Journalism," Sims argues that literary journalism could be the very thing to boost newspaper readership.

A fairly sane and decently written essay on the state of literary journalism, a.k.a. book reviewing. Good points raised and pondered on the lit crit versus blog review debate and a few of the other factors contributing to the decline of the worthwhile book review.