▽Books - The New York Times Book Review ●02/05 06:24 EssayToo Busy Blurbing Books to Write OneFor the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why she’s taking a break.By Rebecca MakkaiCreditMatt DorfmanPole-Dancing Her Way Through a ‘City of Data and Drugs’Call her Ruth, or Baby, or Sunday: A San Francisco sex worker’s carefully compartmentalized life starts to unravel in