samples of Schneider's own poetry, the article featured comments about Schneider from both supporters and detractors. Many readers, including established poets from the area, responded to the article, with most of the poets condemning Schneider and most general readers praising his honesty. He has been quoted in such publications as The Village Voice, The Journal Gazette, and on public radio. Schneider's work has drawn both praise and criticism from other online publications, including Web del Sol Flashpoint Magazine, and Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. Cosmoetica Schneider founded his website, Cosmoetica, in 2001. In 2007, Ranking.com ranked Cosmoetica in the top half million literary websites. In 2004, Schneider's Cosmoetica website was discussed in a New York Times article, "The Widening Web of Digital Lit" by David Orr. Schneider was quoted as describing his own poems as "better than Walt Whitman" while T.S. Eliot was assessed as "1 of the most grossly overrated writers in the history of the world, & the English language". Schneider and Cosmoetica has been cited in a number of academic and related books including The Creative Writing MfA Handbook, Contemporary Fiction: The Novel Since 1990, and a number of other books including Best of the Web 2009. Poet Al Rocheleau said that the site has "a clearly anti-establishment take on the academic poetry scene, as well as fearless, brilliant assessments of many poets, including the famous, with which you may or may not agree." Film criticism In late 2006 Schneider further expanded his website to include an all film subsite called Cinemension. Schneider has published his film reviews in a number of online publications. His reviews are also aggregated on Rotten Tomatoes. Schneider's film criticism was praised by Roger Ebert, who called him a "considerable critic". References External links Cosmoetica Schneider's website of poetry, writings, and criticism. Schneider's personal page at Blogcritics 1965 births 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American poets American adoptees American essayists American film critics American literary critics American male bloggers American bloggers American male essayists American male poets Literary critics of English Living people People from Ridgewood, Queens Poets from Minnesota Poets from New York (state) Poets from Texas Writers from Queens, New York 20th-century American writers