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Lars Horn on the Intimate History Between Skin and Ink

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“To write was, and still is, in some sense, to tattoo, to ink script upon skin.”

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The 17 Best Book Covers of May

The 17 Best Book Covers of May

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What One American Learnt From Restoring His Family’s English Castle

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Hopwood DePree in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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Secrets of the Book Designer: On Typography, Painting, and Finding That Single Visual Moment

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Peter C. Baker and Linda Huang on Making the Cover for Planes

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On the Radical, Popular Creator of the First Female Superhero

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How June Tarpé Mills Captured Audiences

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