The Millions
Available in | English |
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Owner | PWxyz, LLC |
Created by | C. Max Magee |
URL | www |
Launched | 2003 |
The Millions is an online literary magazine created by C. Max Magee in 2003.[1][2] It contains articles about literary topics and book reviews.
The Millions has several regular contributors as well as frequent guest appearances by literary notables, including
The name was chosen as a play on Magee's name, Maximilian, and because Magee thought the site would be millions of interesting things.[1] In 2011 the blog released between three and four reviews per week.[11] According to the scholar Sebastian Domsch, "The postings reveal the characteristic mixture of a very strong emphasis on personal experiences and viewpoints on the one side and an extensive practice of intertextual opening up by way of hyperlinks on the other."[12] The Sudbury Star's Jessica Watts wrote, "My favourite part of this site is the feature The Future of the Book, which includes a number of articles looking at the rise of the digital age and the increase in use of digital books and media (of particular interest for me, someone working in a library".[13]
The Millions posted an open letter to the Swedish Academy in 2011 asking it to "stop the nonsense and give Philip Roth a Nobel Prize for Literature before he dies."[14]
In 2019 The Millions was acquired by Publishers Weekly.[15]
References
- ^ a b http://weblog.blogads.com/2011/01/12/c-max-magee-appealing-to-the-millions-of-book-enthusiasts-since-2003/ C. Max Magee: Appealing to the millions of book enthusiasts since 2003, January 11, 2011
- ProQuest 1010281114.
- ^ "A Year in Reading 2012". The Millions. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ "A Year in Reading 2011". The Millions. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ "A Year in Reading 2010". The Millions. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ "A Year in Reading 2009". The Millions. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ "A Year in Reading 2008". The Millions. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ "A Year in Reading 2007". The Millions. 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ "A Year in Reading: Recap". The Millions. 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ "Maazel, Fiona". The Millions. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ProQuest 905248650.
- .
- ProQuest 2211703468.
- ^ "Nobel for Literature to Be Awarded Thursday, October 3, 2011". The New York Times Artsbeat. October 3, 2011.
- Vulture. Archived from the originalon 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
External links
- The Millions, official site.