William Safire, of New York Times fame, is a word nerd after my own heart. I read his "On Language" column in the NYT Magazine every week. He always has something interesting to say. In this piece from the International Herald Tribune, he turns his baleful eye on book blurbing. Watch him slice through the "blurbosphere" (ugh!) like a Ginsu knife through ripe tomatoes. As always, his analysis of modern language is second to none.
Someday, if I'm a reaaallly good boy, maybe I can get a gig like his and be at least half as good at it!
(Link via Bookninja)
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