An Ode to Women Who Walk, <br>From Virginia Woolf to Greta Gerwig

An Ode to Women Who Walk,
From Virginia Woolf to Greta Gerwig

From Lizzy Stewart's Graphic Meditation on Contemporary Life

By Lizzy Stewart | November 21, 2019

The 10 Best Book Covers <br>of October

The 10 Best Book Covers
of October

None of them are orange.

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2019

A Household of Minor Things: <br> The Collections of Robert Duncan and Jess

A Household of Minor Things:
The Collections of Robert Duncan and Jess

An Elaborate Home Interior Inspired by 19th-Century Romanticism

By Tara McDowell | October 15, 2019

The Midcentury Battle to Save America's Cities from Crisis

The Midcentury Battle to Save America's Cities from Crisis

Lizabeth Cohen on the Poverty and Prosperity of the American City

By Lizabeth Cohen | October 8, 2019

Why We Feel So Compelled to Make Maps of Fictional Worlds

Why We Feel So Compelled to Make Maps of Fictional Worlds

Lev Grossman on the History of Cartography in Sci Fi,
Fantasy, and More

By Lev Grossman | October 2, 2019

Head over to <em>The Believer</em> for their new interactive comic feature by artist Matt Huynh.

Head over to The Believer for their new interactive comic feature by artist Matt Huynh.

By Jonny Diamond | October 1, 2019

Best Reviewed
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  • Etna
  • Triage
  • The Amateur
  • The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
  • The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
  • Sunrise
  • A Tender Age
  • Don't Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape from Big Tech
  • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
  • The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

The 11 Best Book Covers of September

By Emily Temple | September 27, 2019

A Brief History of Personalized Bookplates

By Princeton Architectural Press | September 27, 2019

Misguided Chivalry, Disastrous Dates, and Other Cartoons

By Liana Finck | September 24, 2019

From the Ruins of Rome to the Invention of Perspective

From the Ruins of Rome to the Invention of Perspective

On the Genius of Filippo Brunelleschi

By Amir Alexander | September 10, 2019

Graphic Novel: The True Story of Granny Lee Ok-sun

Graphic Novel: The True Story of Granny Lee Ok-sun

A Former Korean "Comfort Woman" Makes the Journey Home

By Keum Suk Gendry-Kim | September 9, 2019

Designing Your Grandfather's Book (When He's James Thurber)

Designing Your Grandfather's Book (When He's James Thurber)

Sara T. Sauers on Honoring the Family Aesthetic

By Sara T. Sauers | August 30, 2019

The 12 Best Book Covers<br> of August

The 12 Best Book Covers
of August

Or, Fun with Text and Cutouts

By Emily Temple | August 29, 2019

Rachel Cusk's house is an austere, experimental, hyper-modern masterpiece. (Shocking, right?)

Rachel Cusk's house is an austere, experimental, hyper-modern masterpiece. (Shocking, right?)

By Emily Temple | August 28, 2019

Here's Kara Walker’s Toni Morrison tribute on the cover of the <em>New Yorker</em>.

Here's Kara Walker’s Toni Morrison tribute on the cover of the New Yorker.

By Emily Temple | August 8, 2019

75 Covers of Toni Morrison's <em>Beloved</em> From Around the World

75 Covers of Toni Morrison's Beloved From Around the World

In Honor of the Novel's 30th Anniversary

By Emily Temple | August 6, 2019

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