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    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

    By Aaron Betsky  November 4, 2024
    Book Covers

    The 11 Best Book Covers of October

    By Emily Temple  November 4, 2024
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    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

    By Witold Rybczynski  October 8, 2024
    Best of 2024

    The 167 Best Book Covers of 2024

    According to 54 Book Cover Designers

    By Emily Temple  December 10, 2024
    The Hub

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

    By Brittany Allen  September 30, 2024
    Book Covers

    The 16 Best Book Covers of September

    By Emily Temple  September 26, 2024
    The Hub

    Am I supposed to read all this? On spending time with Jenny Holzer’s word art.

    By Brittany Allen  September 17, 2024
    Book Covers

    The 10 Best Book Covers of August

    A Slippery Month

    By Emily Temple  August 28, 2024
    The Hub

    The spiciest takeaways from Tina Brown’s Vanity Fair Diaries.

    By Brittany Allen  August 27, 2024
    The Hub

    J.D. Salinger designed his iconic rainbow corner cover himself.

    By James Folta  August 23, 2024
    The Hub

    Feast your eyes on these beautiful bygone magazine covers.

    By Brittany Allen  August 21, 2024
    Secrets of the Book Designer

    True Crime and Transcendentalists: When Designing a Book Cover Takes You on a Long Strange Trip

    Natalia Olbinski on Creating the Cover for Ruby Todd’s “Bright Objects”

    By Natalia Olbinski  August 2, 2024
    Book Covers

    The 17 Best Book Covers of July

    By Emily Temple  July 31, 2024
    The Hub

    What to read next based on your favorite reality show.

    By Brittany Allen  July 23, 2024
    The Hub

    Meet the writers who garden against time.

    By Brittany Allen  July 18, 2024
    Posters

    100 of the Greatest Posters of Celebrities Urging You to Read

    In Which James Folta Bravely Attempts to Rank the Iconic ALA Series

    By James Folta  July 18, 2024
    Literary History

    The Man Who Created the Trade Paperback

    By Michael Castleman  July 18, 2024
    Book Covers

    The 15 Best Book Covers of June

    By Emily Temple  June 27, 2024
    The Hub

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

    By Brittany Allen  October 4, 2024
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