I've written blurbs for books when I've been asked. I have said no a few times as well. I wrote one for a Yusef K. book over 10 years ago. I went looking for it and found it on amazon. I had not even known for sure whether they used it, because they never sent me the book. Not very good, is it, but I guess I felt the need to say yes to this. Often I have even done it without excessive enthusiasm, but simply giving a more or less honest view with a positive spin. I often use a tone like: hey, this book is ok and might be useful to people who like this kind of thing.
'"Testimony' is a compelling tribute. . . . It is remarkably free of kitsch and cliché and has some wonderful details. The interview with Feinstein, and Feinstein's other essay, help to explicate some of the details in the poem for readers less familiar with Bird lore.""―Jonathan Mayhew, author of Apocryphal Lorca: Translation, Parody, Kitsch"
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