The Second Pass is an exclusively online publication devoted to reviews, essays, and blog posts about books new and old. It is updated every weekday. The site’s founder and editor, John Williams, lives in Brooklyn, NY. From 2001-2007, he worked in the editorial department at HarperCollins. Before that, he spent time as a journalist in Texas and an editorial intern at Harper’s Magazine. His work as a freelance writer has appeared in Slate, McSweeney’s, Stop Smiling, the Austin American-Statesman, the Dallas Morning News, the New York Sun, and other publications.
Praise for the site:
“[A] beautiful new site . . . some of the best literary coverage I’ve seen in a while.”
–Michael Schaub, Bookslut
“Lots of online literary mags, but The Second Pass is the least pretentious and most readable by quite a long way.”
–Scott Pack, Me and My Big Mouth
“Excellent.”
–Jacket Copy, The Los Angeles Times
“[D]iscusses contemporary and classic literature at a genuinely grown-up level. . . . head over there and bookmark it with gusto.”
–The Abbeville Manual of Style
“[A]n example of how innovative bookworms can use the Web to counterbalance all those vanishing newspaper book sections in a way that might even improve upon the dying breed’s model.”
–Stop Smiling
“As literary online zines go, The Second Pass has started with a huge bang. We look forward to watching it grow.”
–Meet at the Gate
“Well-designed and reader-friendly . . . very welcoming.”
–normblog
“Extremely impressive.”
–City of Tongues
