An announcement from Simon & Schuster’s publisher left the literary community wondering whether blurbs, the little snippets ...

On Instagram, the Oscar winner revealed that her new pick is Isola by Allegra Goodman. “Our February Pick is here, and I can’t stop talking about it!” she wrote in the caption. “Based on a true story, ...

For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why ...