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All posts tagged

blurbs

February 20, 2020

A Children’s Librarian Blurbs Adult Literary and Commercial Fiction

by Katie Wesolek
July 10, 2019

Praise For the New Summer Thriller You Already Read

by Megan Broussard
December 12, 2018

Men Who Have Never Read Books by Women Blurb Books by Women

by Sara Kachelman
September 28, 2006

Horror Movie Titles on a Three-Letter Budget (and Subsequent Blurbs)

by Kirk Nelson
May 17, 2005

Soup Blurbs

by Travis Cloud
January 24, 2004

McSweeney’s Brain Exploder: Answers Old-Timey Blurb Action

by Carlton Doby
May 19, 2003

Class Notes Entries Rejected By My Alumni Magazine

by Martin Tang
August 9, 2001

Why I’m No Longer Invited To Write Dust Jacket Blurbs

by Eric McHenry

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June 3, 2021

Honest Reasons Why Women Don’t Want to Go Back to In-Person Work

by Meena Harris
June 4, 2021

It’s Great to Hang Out After Self-Isolating for a Year — I’m Not Acting Weird, Am I?

by Audrey Farnsworth
June 7, 2021

New York Times’ Hookup Announcements

by Eugenia Viti and Ian Bardenstein
June 11, 2021

If I Moved Back to My Hometown, As Envisioned by My Parents

by Emily Delaney

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How I Saved Enough to Buy a House With My Parents’ Money

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by Katrina Swirko
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by Jesse Nathan
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James Joyce’s The Hobbit

by Sam Woods