Mr. Beller's Neighborhood is a literary website focused on true stories set in New York City that was founded in 2000 by author Thomas Beller.[1][2] It publishes original, previously unpublished non-fiction essays and vignettes.[3]
Type of site | Creative nonfiction, vignette, literature |
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Available in | English |
Headquarters | New York City, United States |
Owner | Thomas Beller |
Created by | Thomas Beller |
Editor | Jacob Margolies |
Key people | Thomas Beller, Bryan Charles, Marisa Bowe, Phillip Lopate, Sabin Streeter, Jonathan Ames, Said Sayrafiezadeh, Joanna Yas. |
URL | mrbellersneighborhood |
Launched | 2000 |
It was one of the first websites to use a map as a way of organizing stories, initially using a satellite photo. In 2005 it switched to Google Maps.[4]
After the 9/11 attacks, the site became "the locus for a growing collaborative history,"[5] and in 2002, it was nominated for a Webby Award in the Print and Zine category.[6]
It has published over a thousand original pieces of writing including work by authors: Michael Cunningham,[7] Nick Tosches,[8] Jonathan Ames,[9] Sam Lipsyte,[10] Rachel Sherman,[11] Alexander Chancellor,[12] Bryan Charles,[13] Thomas Beller, Meghan Daum,[14] Lucy Sante,[15] Alicia Erian, Rachel Cline, Vince Passaro, Jeanette Winterson, Peter Nolan Smith, Debbie Nathan,[16] Anne Meara,[17] and Madison Smartt Bell.[18]
It has published two anthologies of original work first published on the site: "Before and After: Stories From New York",[19][20] and "Lost and Found: Stories From New York".[21][22]