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    The Hub

    Eight print(!) magazines that should be on your radar.

     
    By Brittany Allen  March 25, 2025
    The Hub

    An architecture journal’s Palestine issue was abruptly shelved.

    By James Folta  March 4, 2025
    Nonfiction

    From Bowie to Baseball to Bitcoin: Ten Nonfiction Books to Check Out in March

    By Literary Hub  February 28, 2025
    Design

    The 18 Best Book Covers of February

    By Emily Temple  February 28, 2025
    Illustrations

    From “Ted” to Tom: The Illustrated Envelopes Edward Gorey Sent to His Pen Pal

    By Literary Hub  February 14, 2025
    The Hub

    What should the cover of Pride and Prejudice look like?

    By Emily Temple  February 4, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Book Covers

    The 14 Best Book Covers of January

    By Emily Temple  January 30, 2025
    The Hub

    Do you have millions and millions of dollars? Jackie Collins’ house is on the market.

    By Brittany Allen  January 29, 2025
    The Hub

    Why are we so obsessed with political cartoons?

    By Brittany Allen  January 29, 2025
    TV

    How Are the Books in The White Lotus Chosen? Meet the Man Who Picks Them

    Brittany K. Allen Talks to Props Master Michael Cory

    By Brittany Allen  March 14, 2025
    The Hub

    On the immortality of David Lynch.

    By Brittany Allen  January 17, 2025
    The Hub

    Which of Tom Hanks’ beloved typewriters are you?

    By Brittany Allen  January 15, 2025
    Best of 2024

    The 167 Best Book Covers of 2024

    By Emily Temple  December 24, 2024
    Travel

    Move over, Alexandria: A new exhibit features lost, imagined, and totally fake books.

    By Brittany Allen  December 16, 2024
    Book Covers

    The 10 Best Book Covers of November

    By Emily Temple  November 27, 2024
    The Hub

    What to read if you can’t wait for the next season of You Must Remember This.

    By Brittany Allen  November 19, 2024
    Cities

    What Freedom and Play Can Teach Us About the Way We Experience Cities

    By David Graeber and Nika Dubrovsky  November 18, 2024
    Urbanism

    Between Renewal and Gentrification: What the High Line Reveals About Manhattan

    Aaron Betsky Explores Contemporary Urban Transformation in New York City

    By Aaron Betsky  November 4, 2024
    Book Covers

    The 11 Best Book Covers of October

    By Emily Temple  November 4, 2024
    Fashion History

    From Torpedo Bras to Whale Tails: A Brief History of Women’s Underwear

    By Nina Edwards  October 24, 2024
    Architecture

    Decorating Houses With Edith Wharton: On Interior Design as Art and Literary Practice

    By Emily J. Orlando  October 18, 2024
    Cars

    The “People’s Car.” How Nazi Germany Created the Volkswagen Beetle

    Witold Rybczynski Explores the Dark History and Unsavory Origins of an Automotive Icon

    By Witold Rybczynski  October 8, 2024
    The Hub

    The house from Practical Magic has inspired an architectural design trend.

    By Brittany Allen  October 4, 2024
    The Hub

    Attention Austen fans: Now you can have tea with Lizzy Bennet, IRL.

    By Brittany Allen  September 30, 2024
    Book Design

    On Trying (and Really Failing) to Design My Own Book Cover

    By Mary Childs  January 27, 2025
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