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A blurb is a short promotional piece accompanying a piece of creative work. It may be written by the author or publisher or quote praise from others. Blurbs were originally printed on the back or rear
The 1906 front dust jacket of Burgess's Are You a Bromide?, which contains the first use of the word "blurb."
Gelett Burgess c. 1910
Gary Shteyngart
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Gary Shteyngart is a Soviet-born American writer. He is the author of six novels, and a memoir. Much of his work is satirical.
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…receive large volumes of blurb requests from aspiring authors. This has led some writers to turn down such requests as a matter of policy. For example, Gary Shteyngart announced in The New Yorker that he would no longer write blurbs, except for certain writers with whom he had a professional or personal connection…
Gary Shteyngart at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, 2008