• Design

    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
    The Hub

    Here’s Kara Walker’s Toni Morrison tribute on the cover of the New Yorker.

    By Emily Temple  August 8, 2019
    Design

    75 Covers of Toni Morrison’s Beloved From Around the World

    By Emily Temple  August 6, 2019
    News and Culture

    If You Haven’t Yet Had Time to Read Moby-Dick Here’s a Pop-Up Book

    By Literary Hub  August 1, 2019
    Secrets of the Book Designer

    The Perils of Designing a Cover for a Novel You Truly Love

    By Oliver Munday  July 31, 2019
    Book Covers

    The 10 Best Book Covers of July

    By Emily Temple  July 24, 2019
    The Hub

    All your favorite songs reimagined as vintage book covers. (You’re welcome.)

    By Emily Temple  July 19, 2019
    Eye Candy

    The 12 Best Book Covers of June

    By Emily Temple  June 27, 2019
    Walking

    How Do We Reclaim American Cities for People Who Walk?

    By Antonia Malchik  June 4, 2019
    Design

    The 13 Best Book Covers of May

    By Emily Temple  May 31, 2019
    Graphic Novels

    What Gets Lost (and Found) in Translating Prose to Comics

    By Tobias Carroll  May 29, 2019
    graphic biography

    SAMO: The Origins of Jean-Michel Basquiat

    By Paolo Parisi  May 28, 2019
    Graphic Novels

    Gabrielle Bellot on the Dreamy, Queer Beauty of On a Sunbeam

    By Gabrielle Bellot  May 28, 2019
    Book Covers

    50 Raymond Carver Covers from Around the World

    By Emily Temple  May 24, 2019
    The Hub

    EXCLUSIVE COVER REVEAL: Paul Lisicky’s forthcoming memoir, Later.

    By Emily Firetog  May 20, 2019
    The Hub

    May we suggest not paying $99 for “authentic decorative books”?

    By Jessie Gaynor  May 16, 2019
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