HTMLGIANT

HTMLGIANT
Type of site	Blog
Editor	Blake Butler; Lily Hoang;

HTMLGIANT is an online literature blog founded by American author Blake Butler. It presents itself as a "literature blog that isn't always about literature", and includes book reviews and interviews. It is considered to be an important outlet for alternative literature, a lose literary movement.

History

The website was founded in 2008. In 2014, the site shut down due to allegations of sexual misconduct by members of the alt-lit community.^[1] Two years after shutting down, the site was brought back online in 2016.

References

^ "HTMLGiant to Shut Down on October 24". The Poetry Foundation. 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

[1] "HTMLGiant to Shut Down on October 24". The Poetry Foundation. 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

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