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From Stephen Elliott
I’m a sucker for blurbs, I have to admit.
But then writers blurb their friends, right? It’s just the right thing to do, so maybe it doesn’t say that much about the book. Yet I’m always looking to see what writers have praised what books and why.
...moreAre there political advantages to writing book blurbs? Are there ethical lines writers shouldn’t cross? Scott Esposito of Conversational Reading weighs in using Nicole Krauss’ positive, to say the very least, blurb of David Grossman’s To the End of the Land.
...moreRumpus: You said you wanted to “strive for a laugh-free enterprise.” But “The Ask” is the funniest book I’ve read since “Portnoy’s Complaint.”
Lipsyte: I remember saying that. But then the character started masturbating and it was all over.
Longtime 826 Valencia volunteers Nicki and Ryan Moore are ready and willing to travel to Sudan this summer to assist in the opening of a new secondary school in Marial Bai, Sudan, but they need your help! The Valentino Achak Deng Foundation will provide for volunteers once they are in Sudan, but each volunteer must provide their own airfare.
...more“This is how most blurbs are gotten: the author contacts every writer he or she has ever met and asks them to write a complementary blurb on his or her book… do a little digging around, and you’ll see a strange correlation between glowing blurbs from MFA writing professors and the school where the author got his or her degree.” …read more