Tag: Gary Shteyngart

  • Some Fun with Novelist Gary Shteyngart

    Today my friend Roman Tsivkin and I had some fun with the Russian-born novelist Gary Shteyngart on Twitter. My friend Roman and Shteyngart share a very similar background–both are Russian Jews, about 40, live in NYC, both were born in what used to be Leningrad, and they both look VERY MUCH alike. Roman recently posted a new…

  • The Legend of Gary Shteyngart’s Blurbs

    A smart, amusing look at the strange publishing practice of blurbing new books and how Russian-born novelist Gary Shteyngart has emerged as a kind of blurbing king pin who will seemingly blurb just about anything, and do it with real flair. The short 15-minute video has dozens of interviews with New York writers, critics and editors,…