Doesn't this form of endorsement supply some clue to the potential reader
about the kind of poetry to expect?
Robert
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From: Tom Fallon [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday 18 December 2004 2:06 AM
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Subject: Book blurbs
Poetry Blurbs:
On the back of a poetry book, we will most often read blurbs
by other poets praising the poetry in general terms. This is
the work of a mutual admiration society and should, I feel,
be beneath the "higher" intellect and integrity of poets.
I would like to see blurbs which objectively state something
about the poetry inside the book as well as something from the
author about the poems or his/her direction, specifically/generally.
The reader would have a true idea of what was actually in the book.
What do you you think? Is this asking too much?
Tom
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