The Literary Dimensions of TikTok

Since 2020 #BookTok, the hashtag that represents the book-loving community on TikTok, has emerged as a powerful force.
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Since 2020 #BookTok, the hashtag that represents the book-loving community on TikTok, has emerged as a powerful force.
“Engaging with art doesn’t have to be about understanding something or getting the right answer.” —Beth Morgan, author of A Touch of Jen
The author of Love and Other Poems offers an antidote to the usual despair and hysteria on Twitter by writing an endless poem about love.
The author of With Teeth celebrates absurdist humor.
The author of With Teeth writes about the pleasure of riffing off a good joke.
The effects of social media on the creative process—although it can help writers identify and pay attention to the quotidian moments of their lives, does it siphon off their storytelling energy?
Reading Tolstoy’s War and Peace as part of a virtual book club hosted by Yiyun Li and A Public Space has become a comforting ritual during the pandemic.
The influence of Instagram on the way we read poetry.
From embracing the Internet to leveraging blurbs, a debut novelist offers strategies for publicizing your own book, an imperative for many authors publishing with small presses whose limited budgets preclude broad publicity campaigns.
On her Instagram account, German artist Eda Temucin pairs found artwork with book covers, uncovering striking similarities between contemporary visual art and literary design.