Arts & Letters Daily

Overview

Arts & Letters Daily is a web portal that links to news stories, essays, book reviews and features from across the humanities, curated daily rather than producing original reporting of its own. It has been owned by The Chronicle of Higher Education since 2002.

History

The site went online in September 1998, created by philosophy professor Denis Dutton out of Phil-Lit, a mailing list he founded in 1994 with D.G. Myers. Lingua Franca acquired the site in 1999, and after Lingua Franca's 2002 bankruptcy, The Chronicle of Higher Education purchased Arts & Letters Daily along with the assets of its parent company. Dutton continued as editor until his death on December 28, 2010, after which longtime collaborator Tran Huu Dung and The Chronicle's Evan Goldstein continued producing the site; Dung served as managing editor until his own death in 2023.

Notable works

In April 2002, Arts & Letters Daily received a Webby Award People's Voice Award for Best News Website, and in August 2007 PC Magazine included it among its list of "Top 100 Classic Web Sites."

Key personnel

Founding Editor (1998-2010): Denis Dutton
Editor: Evan Goldstein
Assistant Editor: David Wescott
Copy Editor: Mitch Gerber

Audience

The site's subscribers include scientists, educators, journalists, editors and readers in business, entertainment, medicine and politics who use its curated links, organized under Articles of Note, Book Reviews and Essays/Opinions, as a daily guide to writing on ideas and culture.

Location and contact info

Publisher
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Website
https://www.aldaily.com