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Adam Kirsch weighs in on the Atlanta Journal Constitution debate with a broadside on litblogs: "...despite what the bloggers themselves believe, the future of literary culture does not lie with blogs — or at least, it shouldn't. The blog form, that miscellany of observations, opinions, and links, is not well-suited to writing about literature...The only useful part of most book blogs, in fact, are the links to long-form essays and articles by professional writers, usually from print journals."