Hey, How Did You Make Bookslut a Premier Literary Destination on the Web, Jessa Crispin?

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She developed her blog into a Web zine that's "rewriting the rules of reviewing"

By E.B. Boyd - September 17, 2008

Back in 2002, Jessa Crispin's job as a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood kept her occupied for all of one hour a day. Needing something to fill the other seven, Crispin started blogging about books. In 2003, her site, Bookslut had grown into ...

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