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The Lost Art of Custom-Illustrating Your Favorite Books

The Lost Art of Custom-Illustrating Your Favorite Books

On Grangerizing, the 19th-Century DIY Craze

By Amy Stewart | August 30, 2016

Julian Alexander on 50 Cent, Marlon James, and What Makes a Good Cover

Julian Alexander on 50 Cent, Marlon James, and What Makes a Good Cover

Yahdon Israel interviews the Graphic Designer about Creating a Visual Language

By Yahdon Israel | August 5, 2016

An Incomplete Atlas of Fantastic Maps

An Incomplete Atlas of Fantastic Maps

Susan Daitch on Literature's Attempt to Map the Countries Yet to Come

By Susan Daitch | August 3, 2016

On Gendered Book Covers and Being a Woman Designer

On Gendered Book Covers and Being a Woman Designer

Jennifer Heuer Wonders Why She's Always Getting Offered a Certain Kind of Book

By Jennifer Heuer | July 25, 2016

Revolutionary Women in Science, Illustrated

Revolutionary Women in Science, Illustrated

From Wang Zhenyi to Rachel Carson, and More

By Rachel Ignotofsky | July 19, 2016

Here Are Some Pictures of Ice Cream and Books

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Have a Good Weekend

By Ice Cream Books | July 1, 2016

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Bringing Frankenstein Back to Life, 200 Years Later

By Literary Hub | June 16, 2016

The True, Tragic Tale of the Angola Three

By Bruno Cenou and David Cenou | June 8, 2016

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By Oliver Munday | June 3, 2016

Why Hardcover is the New Vinyl

Why Hardcover is the New Vinyl

Yahdon Israel on the Irreplaceable Magic of Tactility

By Yahdon Israel | June 3, 2016

Everything is Teeth

Everything is Teeth

By Evie Wyld, Illustrated by Joe Sumner

By Literary Hub | May 31, 2016

Interview with a Mad Cartoonist: The Time I Met Colonel Baxter

Interview with a Mad Cartoonist: The Time I Met Colonel Baxter

Somewhere in a Secluded Compound in South London...

By Marlin Canasteen | May 24, 2016

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Secrets of the Book Designer: The Many Ways a Cover is Rejected

Erik Carter Offers Some Tips on How to Kafka Better

By Erik Carter | April 27, 2016

The First Graphic Novel About the War in Iraq by a Veteran

The First Graphic Novel About the War in Iraq by a Veteran

Maximilian Uriarte's The White Donkey explores the experience of PTSD

By Maximilian Uriarte | April 18, 2016

On Designing a Judy Blume Book Cover (for Adults!)

On Designing a Judy Blume Book Cover (for Adults!)

Kelly Blair, Blume Superfan, Reveals Some Secrets of the Book Designer

By Kelly Blair | March 29, 2016

Agony

Agony

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By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 22, 2016

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