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Who wore it better? US book covers vs. their UK counterparts.

Who wore it better? US book covers vs. their UK counterparts.

By Emily Temple | December 15, 2020

How to Give Octavia Butler the Covers She Deserves

How to Give Octavia Butler the Covers She Deserves

Repackaging the Patternist Series for the Mother of Afrofuturism

By Elizabeth Connor | December 15, 2020

On the Glory Days of the Great <br>American Trade Paperback

On the Glory Days of the Great
American Trade Paperback

Gerald Howard on the Start of an Era

By Gerald Howard | December 15, 2020

Helen Drutt English on the Essentialness of <br>Creating by Hand

Helen Drutt English on the Essentialness of
Creating by Hand

In Conversation with Naomi Shihab Nye on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | December 15, 2020

Why Ernest Hemingway Makes a Great Subject for <br>Comic Book Artists

Why Ernest Hemingway Makes a Great Subject for
Comic Book Artists

Robert K. Elder on the Protean Appearances of the
Great American Writer

By Robert K. Elder | December 14, 2020

Memorializing History's Dark Corners With Absurdity

Memorializing History's Dark Corners With Absurdity

Keith Lowe Visits Lithuania's Grutas Park

By Keith Lowe | December 10, 2020

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The Private Lives of Shuttered Stores: On Abandoned Interiors

By Mark Hage | December 10, 2020

Exclusive cover reveal: William Evans and Omar Holmon's Black Nerd Problems.

By Rasheeda Saka | December 9, 2020

Cover reveal: Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi's new novel, Savage Tongues.

By Emily Temple | December 8, 2020

Doreen St. Félix on June Jordan's Vision of a Black Future

Doreen St. Félix on June Jordan's Vision of a Black Future

"The poet, critic, and teacher June Jordan was also an architect."

By Doreen St. Félix | December 7, 2020

Grace Lynne Haynes on the Coexisting Beauty of <br>Darkness and Light

Grace Lynne Haynes on the Coexisting Beauty of
Darkness and Light

From the ArtCenter College of Design’s Bi-Weekly Podcast

By Change Lab | December 4, 2020

The 89 Best Book Covers of 2020

The 89 Best Book Covers of 2020

As Chosen by Our Favorite Book Cover Designers

By Emily Temple | December 2, 2020

The 10 Best Book Covers<br> of November

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By Emily Temple | November 25, 2020

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Peter Mendelsund and David J. Alworth Consider Information As Art

By Peter Mendelsund and David J. Alworth | November 25, 2020

What Does it Take to Illustrate Elie Wiesel's Books?

What Does it Take to Illustrate Elie Wiesel's Books?

Mark Podwal on a Lifetime Project

By Literary Hub | November 25, 2020

Bruce McCall: The Story Behind Eight <em>New Yorker</em> Covers

Bruce McCall: The Story Behind Eight New Yorker Covers

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By Bruce McCall | November 24, 2020

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