THE DAILY BEAT: Littourati

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Littourati

Check out Littourati. It's a blog that centers around actual physical places mentioned in books. The author presents a quote from the literary work being read, and then a set of thoughts that relates to the quotation. Typing "On The Road" in the search engine at the site brings up many hits, including Selma, CA ("Sabinal"), which we just blogged about this morning.

Nice site, Michael Hess.

4 comments:

Michael Hess said...: Thanks for giving me a shout out, and I'm glad you liked Littourati. I'm going to post about your blog and put a link to it on my links page in the next day or so.; September 18, 2011 at 10:01 PM
Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbook said...: You're welcome, Michael, and thanks!; September 19, 2011 at 6:06 PM
Michael Hess said...: I have just posted a bit about your site. I have also added your sites to my links page. You can find my post at http://littourati.squarespace.com/main_page/2011/9/19/on-the-road-the-daily-beat.html. Hope you get some traffic from it!; September 19, 2011 at 7:21 PM
Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbook said...: Thanks, Michael!; September 20, 2011 at 6:13 PM

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