blurbs

I didn’t read the glowing blurbs for a first-time author from Gwyneth Paltrow, Gloria Steinem, Chanel Miller and Mariska Hargitay.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

“Listening to that, you get a much better sense of who this young woman is, as opposed to the social media blurbs and the gossip magazines,” Ed Kelce said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2024

Two other blurbs on the cover read: "paranoid and mercurial" and "understanding how Emperor Chongzhen drove himself to a dead end".

From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023

While not quite as reclusive as Thomas Pynchon, Mr. McCarthy gave no readings and no blurbs for the jackets of other writers’ books.

From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2023

Dresner would read respondents proposed PR blurbs and slogans about the movie to find out which ones worked the best.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell