This piece was inspired by a Wesleyan history class assignment.

The weather has recently evoked the image of an oversized leather chair, a crackling fireplace, a rich mug of hot chocolate ...

In a provocative essay, a major publisher announced that its authors will no longer be required to solicit glowing reviews for their book jackets, arguing that blurbs don’t reflect a title’s ...

A “blurb” (also known as a “quote”) is an endorsement, often from another author, celebrity or public figure, which publishers include on the covers and inside pages of new books.

These descriptions constitute what is popularly known as the book blurb: a short but effusive recommendation of the book from famous authors or, for later editions, from book reviewers. But a ...

Searing. Volatile. That’s how Sean Manning felt about the prattle on every second book cover. Even those he’d published, where a novel looked naked without such blurb cliches as uproarious ...

Though I read everything from memoirs to romantasy, there is one genre in particular that haunted me for a long time: poetry.

Seattle satirist Maria Semple’s breakthrough novel is a flurry of contemporary, epistolary wit. Passive aggressive e-mail ...

After she was killed, colleagues ensured publication of her unfinished book. By Rebecca Donner In Michelle de Kretser’s new novel, a young graduate student gets caught in the gap between ...

As a published author, Reilly has never been asked to blurb a book in New Zealand but did provide an endorsement for a friend’s poetry book once, “and people were weird about that to me ...

This article offers 20 carefully curated romantic poems that can elevate your celebration, making your partner feel cherished and special. From works by Shakespeare to Rupi Kaur, these verses are ...