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X. P. Callahan's avatar

Blurbs are kind of a joke. But my little imprint is putting out a chapbook by an early-career poet this spring, and I thought it was fair to him if he/I asked for blurbs from other poets. Just for the sake of appearances. So we did. But I would be happy to see the practice end.

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Richard Donnelly's avatar

"to the point where the blurbs can’t be trusted" There's no point where blurbs could be trusted. Blurbs are advertising, nothing more.

I'd be surprised if blurbs vanish. Advertising on packaging works, whether books, cereal, electric razors, what have you.

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