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    Jane Austen

    The Obscure Editions of Jane Austen Novels That Made Her Internationally Known

    By Janine Barchas  January 15, 2020
    Studio Sessions

    Introducing Belletrist’s Studio Sessions, Episode One: Illustrator Cecilia Ruiz

    By Literary Hub  January 14, 2020
    Architecture

    Paul Rudolph’s Strange Vision of a Cross-Manhattan Expressway (and Other Unfinished Projects)

    By Robert Bruegmann  January 10, 2020
    The Hub

    EXCLUSIVE COVER REVEAL: Jill Bialosky’s August poetry collection, Asylum, has a cover.

    By Jonny Diamond  January 7, 2020
    Comics

    Lynda Barry: A Comic Exercise in Building Character

    By Lynda Barry  December 19, 2019
    Jane Austen

    Tight Breeches and Loose Gowns: Going Deep on the Fashion of Jane Austen

    By Hilary Davidson  December 10, 2019
    Secrets of the Book Designer

    Luke Bird on Channeling the 1980s for the Cover of
    The Prettiest Star

    By Luke Bird  December 9, 2019
    Secrets of the Book Designer

    Sometimes You Have to Build the Book Cover in Your Living Room

    By Nicole Caputo  November 26, 2019
    The Best of 2019

    The 78 Best Book Covers of 2019

    By Emily Temple  November 25, 2019
    Book Covers

    The 10 Best Book Covers of November

    By Emily Temple  November 22, 2019
    American History

    Piecing Together the Lives
    of Enslaved Americans

    By Rachel May  November 21, 2019
    Walking

    An Ode to Women Who Walk,
    From Virginia Woolf to Greta Gerwig

    By Lizzy Stewart  November 21, 2019
    Book Covers

    The 10 Best Book Covers
    of October

    By Emily Temple  October 30, 2019
    News and Culture

    A Household of Minor Things:
    The Collections of Robert Duncan and Jess

    By Tara McDowell  October 15, 2019
    American History

    The Midcentury Battle to Save America’s Cities from Crisis

    By Lizabeth Cohen  October 8, 2019
    Literary History

    Why We Feel So Compelled to Make Maps of Fictional Worlds

    By Lev Grossman  October 2, 2019
    The Hub

    Head over to The Believer for their new interactive comic feature by artist Matt Huynh.

    By Jonny Diamond  October 1, 2019
    Book Covers

    The 11 Best Book Covers of September

    By Emily Temple  September 27, 2019
    Books

    A Brief History of Personalized Bookplates

    By Princeton Architectural Press   September 27, 2019
    Cartoons

    Misguided Chivalry, Disastrous Dates, and Other Cartoons

    By Liana Finck  September 24, 2019
    Math

    From the Ruins of Rome to the Invention of Perspective

    By Amir Alexander  September 10, 2019
    Graphic Novels

    Graphic Novel: The True Story of Granny Lee Ok-sun

    By Keum Suk Gendry-Kim  September 9, 2019
    New in Nonfiction

    Designing Your Grandfather’s Book (When He’s James Thurber)

    By Sara T. Sauers  August 30, 2019
    Book Covers

    The 12 Best Book Covers
    of August

    By Emily Temple  August 29, 2019
    The Hub

    Rachel Cusk’s house is an austere, experimental, hyper-modern masterpiece. (Shocking, right?)

    By Emily Temple  August 28, 2019
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