Author: Dan Coffey

The Final Blurblr!

Posted by Dan Coffey | Jun 29, 2015 | The Blurblr |

This miniseries of a column has been a blast to write, but how much can be written about blurbs...

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Beat Blurbs

Posted by Dan Coffey | May 21, 2015 | The Blurblr |

Commentary on the poetry of Elise Cowen is all but missing from the blurbs on the back of her...

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Write Yr Own Blurb! Or, The Blurblr Is Under the Weather

Posted by Dan Coffey | May 14, 2015 | The Blurblr |

One of the dangers of being The Blurblr, it turns out, is that you might get strep throat. When...

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Blurbs Taking Soundings

Posted by Dan Coffey | May 7, 2015 | The Blurblr |

“Welcome to my / hyperstability.” – Amish Trivedi, Sound/Chest Amish Trivedi’s new book,...

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Evolution of a Blurb

Posted by Dan Coffey | Apr 30, 2015 | The Blurblr |

In 1989, Tender Buttons Press published their first book, Bernadette Mayer’s Sonnets. There was no...

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Flaming Blurbscapes

Posted by Dan Coffey | Apr 22, 2015 | The Blurblr |

Intrepid poetic landscaper John Gallaher decided to buck the trend of getting blurbs from fellow...

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The Censor Is Rested

Posted by Dan Coffey | Apr 16, 2015 | The Blurblr |

Like that aging new kid on the block—book trailers—back cover blurbs have become a genre unto...

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Do Poets Dig Radiohead?

Posted by Dan Coffey | Jan 13, 2015 | Style |

Jill Alexander Essbaum: I like the one song Thom Yorke sings with PJ Harvey. But that’s...

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