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    The 75 Best Book Covers of 2018

    By Emily Temple  December 29, 2018
    Feature

    William Kentridge’s Provisional Memory, Provisional Words

    By William Kentridge  December 14, 2018
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    The Joys of Designing a Debut Writer’s Book

    By Sarahmay Wilkinson  December 10, 2018
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    Who Wore It Best? US Book Covers vs. UK Book Covers for 2018

    By Emily Temple  December 7, 2018
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    How Would You Map the Personality of a Great City?

    By Adam Dant  December 5, 2018
    Design

    The 15 Best Book Covers of November

    By Emily Temple  November 26, 2018
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    32 Beautiful Early Dust Jackets for Iconic Books

    By Emily Temple  November 21, 2018
    Conversations

    Cover Reveal: Pola Oloixarac’s Forthcoming Novel is Watching You

    By Literary Hub  November 20, 2018
    In Memoriam

    Remembering Stan Lee, and the World He Created

    By Literary Hub  November 14, 2018
    Feature

    Spider-Man in the UK: The Hero I Needed

    By Nikesh Shukla  November 14, 2018
    Feature

    Stan Lee, the Would-Be Novelist Who Created Worlds

    By Tyler Malone  November 14, 2018
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    How to Capture Alternating Plot Lines on a Book Cover

    By Donna Cheng  November 5, 2018
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    The 16 Best Book Covers of October

    By Emily Temple  November 2, 2018
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    The Weird and Wonderful Art of Edward Carey

    By Edward Carey  October 23, 2018
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    Lev Grossman: Why We’ve Always Needed Fantastic Maps

    By Lev Grossman  October 22, 2018
    Excerpts

    Maybe All Bankers’ Mansions Should Become Libraries?

    By Judith Gura and Kate Wood  October 18, 2018
    Conversations

    Two Cartoonists Sit On a Bench and Talk: An Illustrated Interview

    By Liana Finck and Amy Kurzweil  October 17, 2018
    Design

    Reckoning with What It Means to Be German

    By Nora Krug  October 11, 2018
    Design

    When a Writer Wants You and Only You to Design Their Cover

    By Alison Forner  October 10, 2018
    Essay

    What I Learned From Photographing Great Writers

    By Beowulf Sheehan  October 9, 2018
    Excerpts

    How Abstract Mathematical Logic Can Help Us in Real Life

    By Eugenia Cheng  September 27, 2018
    Design

    Hannah Arendt, Comics, and Me

    By Ken Krimstein  September 25, 2018
    Design

    The 12 Best Book Covers of September

    By Emily Temple  September 24, 2018
    Deep Dive

    Lisa Hanawalt: Drawing Progressive Westerns from the Horse’s Perspective

    By Michelle Delgado  September 18, 2018
    Design

    The Challenges of Creating a Cover for a Forgotten Modernist Classic

    By Roman Muradov  September 18, 2018
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