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Author Photos: A Taxonomy

Author Photos: A Taxonomy

What to Choose: Prominent Hands or the Bend and Clasp?

By Emily Temple | May 10, 2019

Illustrating the Visual Illusions of Walter Benjamin's Mind

Illustrating the Visual Illusions of Walter Benjamin's Mind

On Wandering Through—and Recreating—a Writer's Marginalia

By Frances Cannon | May 9, 2019

Taking an Author's Photo Is Like Going on a First Date

Taking an Author's Photo Is Like Going on a First Date

Nina Subin on the Careful Process of Taking a Writer's Headshot

By Nina Subin | May 6, 2019

How to Use Red, White, and Blue on a Book Cover (Without Going Too Patriotic)

How to Use Red, White, and Blue on a Book Cover (Without Going Too Patriotic)

Nicole Caputo on Designing the Cover for The Atlas of Reds and Blues

By Nicole Caputo | May 6, 2019

These Are the Best University Press Book Designs of 2018

These Are the Best University Press Book Designs of 2018

Selections from the 2019 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show

By Emily Temple | May 1, 2019

The 16 Best Book Covers of April

The 16 Best Book Covers of April

All The Trompe L'oeil You Can Handle

By Emily Temple | April 30, 2019

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25 of the Best Covers for Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man

By Emily Temple | April 15, 2019

Read from the Graphic Novelization of
The Handmaid's Tale

By Renee Nault | April 5, 2019

What Are the Elements of a Good Children's Poem?

By Penelope Lively | April 5, 2019

The Unused Alternative Covers Behind <br>5 Modern Literary Classics

The Unused Alternative Covers Behind
5 Modern Literary Classics

How the Foreign Editions of George Saunders, J.P. Donleavy, and More Came to Life

By Literary Hub | April 3, 2019

Angela Davis on Protest, 1968, and Her Old Teacher, Herbert Marcuse

Angela Davis on Protest, 1968, and Her Old Teacher, Herbert Marcuse

Read from Marcuse's Graphic Biography by Nick Thorkelson, edited by Paul Buhle and Andrew T. Lamas

By Literary Hub | April 3, 2019

The 50 Best <em>Slaughterhouse-Five</em> Covers from Around the World

The 50 Best Slaughterhouse-Five Covers from Around the World

For the Iconic Novel's 50th Birthday

By Emily Temple | March 29, 2019

The 17 Best Book Covers of March

The 17 Best Book Covers of March

Textures, Colors . . . Black and White Photographs?

By Emily Temple | March 27, 2019

How T Kira Madden's <em>Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls</em> Got Its Glitter

How T Kira Madden's Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls Got Its Glitter

Tree Abraham on Designing the Cover for a Book You Truly Love

By Tree Abraham | March 25, 2019

Finding the Woman Who Designed the Creature from the Black Lagoon

Finding the Woman Who Designed the Creature from the Black Lagoon

Mallory O'Meara with Julia, Tod, and Rider on Literary Disco

By Literary Disco | March 25, 2019

Samuel Beckett, Thrower of Shade

Samuel Beckett, Thrower of Shade

From Frederic Pajak's Illustrated Memoir, Uncertain Manifesto

By Frederic Pajak | March 18, 2019

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