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    News and Culture

    A Brief Visual History of Virginia Woolf’s Book Covers

    By Emily Temple  January 25, 2018
    Feature

    Decorate Your House (And Arrange Your Books) Like Edith Wharton

    By Thomas Jayne  January 24, 2018
    Feature

    15 Covers for The Bell Jar, Ranked from Most to Least Sexist

    By Emily Temple  January 12, 2018
    Design

    The 64 Best Book Covers of 2017

    By Emily Temple  December 21, 2017
    Feature

    See It Here: The Cover for Ottessa Moshfegh’s New Novel

    By Emily Temple  December 13, 2017
    Op-Ed

    Chuck Palahniuk on the Awful Necessity of Author Photos

    By Chuck Palahniuk  December 13, 2017
    Essay

    What Happens When a Math Major Becomes a Book Designer

    By Lauren Peters-Collaer  December 12, 2017
    Excerpts

    Gary Panter, Matt Groening, and the Dual History of Punk and Comics

    By Hillary Chute  December 11, 2017
    Graphic Novel

    A Virtuoso Graphic Novel, Painted While in Hiding From the Nazis

    By Literary Hub  December 1, 2017
    Design

    See It Here First: The Cover for Porochista Khakpour’s New Memoir

    By Literary Hub  November 30, 2017
    Feature

    How 11 Writers Organize Their Personal Libraries

    By Emily Temple  November 21, 2017
    Excerpts

    The Pain of Joint Custody, Illustrated

    By Deb Olin Unferth and Elizabeth Haidle  November 21, 2017
    Design

    See the Detailed Diagrams Kathy Acker Drew of Her Dreams

    By Literary Hub  November 20, 2017
    Feature

    Garth Risk Hallberg on Updating His Debut Novella—10 Years Later

    By Garth Risk Hallberg  November 17, 2017
    Excerpts

    The Agony of Waiting for a Text, Illustrated

    By Julie Maroh  November 16, 2017
    Feature

    9 Animals (And Unseen Gods) as Drawn by Dave Eggers

    By Dave Eggers  November 9, 2017
    Design

    Secrets of the Book Designer: Creating Something From Nothing

    By Ben Denzer  November 2, 2017
    Excerpts

    Literary Witches, From Angela Carter to Zora Neale Hurston

    By Taisia Kitaiskaia and Katy Horan  October 31, 2017
    Essay

    On Horror, Heavy Metal, and Why We Love to Be Scared

    By Steve Almond  October 31, 2017
    Design

    33 Joan Didion Book Covers, Ranked

    By Emily Temple  October 27, 2017
    Excerpts

    The Secret Literary History of Some of Your Favorite Colors

    By Kassia St. Clair  October 27, 2017
    Design

    The Dreams of Helga Goebbels: From Ulli Lust’s New Graphic Novel

    By Ulli Lust  October 27, 2017
    Design

    See It Here First: The Cover for Alexander Chee’s New Essay Collection

    By Literary Hub  October 24, 2017
    Excerpts

    War, Censorship and Friendship: A Tale Told Through Old Propaganda

    By Anouck Durand  October 23, 2017
    Feature

    The Definitive Way to Organize Your Books: An Illustrated Guide

    By Tom Gauld  October 18, 2017
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