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What a Book Cover Can Do

What a Book Cover Can Do

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

Also, His All-Time Favorite

By Bruce McCall | November 24, 2020

Gotham, Metropolis, Shanghai, Warsaw: On the Anxieties of Cities

Gotham, Metropolis, Shanghai, Warsaw: On the Anxieties of Cities

Ben Wilson Considers Urban Life as a Psychic Threat

By Ben Wilson | November 12, 2020

A People's History of Bathing

A People's History of Bathing

Christie Pearson on the Bath as Democratic Architecture

By Christie Pearson | November 10, 2020

The 10 Best Book Covers<br> of October

The 10 Best Book Covers
of October

Line Your Bunkers With Nice Looking Books?

By Emily Temple | October 29, 2020

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Kevin Bethune on Realizing Dreams Through Design

By Change Lab | October 29, 2020

Inside the Spare and Extravagant Homes of Six Iconic Writers

By Sam Lubell | October 28, 2020

Recreating Scenes From the 20th Century's Most Iconic Bedtime Story

By Kate Bernheimer | October 27, 2020

Toni Morrison's gorgeous, book-lined Manhattan loft is up for sale.

Toni Morrison's gorgeous, book-lined Manhattan loft is up for sale.

By Corinne Segal | October 20, 2020

A bookstore that dwells in darkness, literally.

A bookstore that dwells in darkness, literally.

By Jonny Diamond | October 19, 2020

Your favorite modern horror movies, reimagined as '70s mass market paperbacks.

Your favorite modern horror movies, reimagined as '70s mass market paperbacks.

By Emily Temple | October 13, 2020

2020 is the year of enormous pink lady faces on book covers.

2020 is the year of enormous pink lady faces on book covers.

By Emily Temple | October 1, 2020

The 10 Best Book Covers <br>of September

The 10 Best Book Covers
of September

You Want It Darker?

By Emily Temple | September 29, 2020

Would you find this bookstore beautiful or terrifying? Or both.

Would you find this bookstore beautiful or terrifying? Or both.

By Jonny Diamond | September 23, 2020

Climactic Moments in Literature Rescheduled as Zoom Meetings

Climactic Moments in Literature Rescheduled as Zoom Meetings

A New Comic by Kate Gavino

By Kate Gavino | September 23, 2020

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