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20 Iconic <em>New Yorker</em> Covers

20 Iconic New Yorker Covers

From the Last 93 Years

By Emily Temple | February 21, 2018

When You Have to Kill the Perfect Book Cover

When You Have to Kill the Perfect Book Cover

Sara Wood on Designing Joseph Cassara's The House of Impossible Beauties

By Sara Wood | February 13, 2018

Confessions of a Typewriter Addict

Confessions of a Typewriter Addict

One Person's Junk is Another's Treasure

By Anthony Casillo | February 5, 2018

A Brief Visual History of Virginia Woolf's Book Covers

A Brief Visual History of Virginia Woolf's Book Covers

From 1919 to Today

By Emily Temple | January 25, 2018

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

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

How Putting Books in a Room Provides Both "A Function and a Solace"

By Thomas Jayne | January 24, 2018

15 Covers for <em>The Bell Jar</em>, Ranked from Most to Least Sexist

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

Plus a Bunch of Crazy International Covers, Just For Fun

By Emily Temple | January 12, 2018

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The 64 Best Book Covers of 2017

By Emily Temple | December 21, 2017

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

By Emily Temple | December 13, 2017

Chuck Palahniuk on the Awful Necessity of Author Photos

By Chuck Palahniuk | December 13, 2017

What Happens When a Math Major Becomes a Book Designer

What Happens When a Math Major Becomes a Book Designer

Lauren Peters-Collaer on Designing for Primo Levi

By Lauren Peters-Collaer | December 12, 2017

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

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

And the Outsider, DIY Ethic that Connects Them

By Hillary Chute | December 11, 2017

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

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

From Charlotte Salomon's Life? Or Theatre?

By Literary Hub | December 1, 2017

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

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

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Sick

By Literary Hub | November 30, 2017

How 11 Writers Organize Their Personal Libraries

How 11 Writers Organize Their Personal Libraries

You can't put Pynchon next to Plato (Unless They're Both Pink)

By Emily Temple | November 21, 2017

The Pain of Joint Custody, Illustrated

The Pain of Joint Custody, Illustrated

From Deb Olin Unferth and Elizabeth Haidle's Graphic Novel, I, Parrot

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

See the Detailed Diagrams Kathy Acker Drew of Her Dreams

See the Detailed Diagrams Kathy Acker Drew of Her Dreams

Two Dream Maps from Blood and Guts in High School

By Literary Hub | November 20, 2017

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