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The 13 Best Book Covers of May

The 13 Best Book Covers of May

We Still Have Some Nice Things

By Emily Temple | May 29, 2020

Exclusive cover reveal: Te-Ping Chen's <em>Land of Big Numbers</em>.

Exclusive cover reveal: Te-Ping Chen's Land of Big Numbers.

By Emily Temple | May 20, 2020

These are the best university press book designs of 2019.

These are the best university press book designs of 2019.

By Emily Temple | May 6, 2020

The 13 Best Book Covers<br> of April

The 13 Best Book Covers
of April

The Gold Standard(s)

By Emily Temple | April 29, 2020

The Letters of the Alphabet Are Some of the Oldest Forms of Storytelling

The Letters of the Alphabet Are Some of the Oldest Forms of Storytelling

Fowzia Karimi on the Draw of Illustrated Narratives

By Fowzia Karimi | April 27, 2020

What's the Point of <br>Wearing Clothes?

What's the Point of
Wearing Clothes?

Shahidha Bari on the Pleasures and Politics of What We Wear

By Shahidha Bari | April 24, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Mr. Coccus, and Other Suggested Picture Books for Young Microbiologists

By Tom Gauld | April 13, 2020

Betsey Johnson on the Eve of a Cotton Lycra Revolution

By Betsey Johnson and Mark Vitulano | April 10, 2020

Still Not Gonna Read the Classics in Quarantine? Here Are Drawings.

By Lisa Brown | April 9, 2020

How to Organize Your <br>Home Office

How to Organize Your
Home Office

Pre-Pandemic Advice for Post-Pandemic Life

By Ronda Kaysen and Michelle Higgins | April 3, 2020

Finding, Hiding, Hoarding: On Making Art From Trash

Finding, Hiding, Hoarding: On Making Art From Trash

Nick Flynn's Found Collages

By Nick Flynn | April 2, 2020

The 14 Best Book Covers<br> of March

The 14 Best Book Covers
of March

Yellow Rules!

By Emily Temple | March 31, 2020

This 1940s Dutch children's book depicts Hitler as a bug who eventually gets eaten.

This 1940s Dutch children's book depicts Hitler as a bug who eventually gets eaten.

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 11, 2020

Illustrating the Domestic Bliss of Alice B. Toklas and<br> Gertrude Stein

Illustrating the Domestic Bliss of Alice B. Toklas and
Gertrude Stein

Maira Kalman on Her Illustrated Reissue of
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

By Maira Kalman | March 4, 2020

The 16 Best Book Covers of February

The 16 Best Book Covers of February

To Beat Back the Winter Doldrums

By Emily Temple | February 28, 2020

The 10 Best Book Covers<br> of January

The 10 Best Book Covers
of January

To Distract You From the Dismal Skies

By Emily Temple | January 31, 2020

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