tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post8526831836566132235..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: A Poetry Blurb That WorksJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-74478814071526601022011-02-25T16:36:52.819-06:002011-02-25T16:36:52.819-06:00That's an interesting idea. I think you're...That's an interesting idea. I think you're right. I wanted to say, "Kate's book just rocks. Buy it and read it and if you don't like it there's probably something wrong with you, not the book." But, like you say, I let the genre force me into a faux articulateness. We might say I tried to be insincere about how much I love Kate's work and then you get that sort Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-24253166655185843142011-02-25T08:10:17.810-06:002011-02-25T08:10:17.810-06:00I can see you struggling with the genre in that bl...I can see you struggling with the genre in that blurb. Perhaps the genre ends up beating you. I like parts of it, but the rhetoric does not seem very sure of itself. I think that kind of vacillation is also very "timely" like the word detritus. Being too concrete, too articulate, is a sign of insincerity.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-45097330448645985792011-02-25T03:21:52.169-06:002011-02-25T03:21:52.169-06:00I have found that the word "detritus" of...I have found that the word "detritus" often appears in contemporary poetry reviews and blurbs. One day, I will try to trace the history of its popularity. I think if you did write this book, then this blurb, and that particular word, would allow us to identify its time and place in the tradition.<br /><br />You're right that your blurb is much more effectively written than the otherThomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.com