The Final 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
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
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
“Welcome to my / hyperstability.” – Amish Trivedi, Sound/Chest Amish Trivedi’s new book,...
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Evolution of a Blurb
In 1989, Tender Buttons Press published their first book, Bernadette Mayer’s Sonnets. There was no...
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Flaming Blurbscapes
Intrepid poetic landscaper John Gallaher decided to buck the trend of getting blurbs from fellow...
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The Censor Is Rested
Like that aging new kid on the block—book trailers—back cover blurbs have become a genre unto...
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