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[1][2] It publishes original, previously unpublished non-fiction essays and vignettes.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] It was one of the first websites to use a map as a way of organizing stories, initially using a satellite photo.
[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.