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The 13 Best Book Covers of May

The 13 Best Book Covers of May

Are Those Stars in Your Eyes?

By Emily Temple | May 31, 2019

What Gets Lost (and Found) in Translating Prose to Comics

What Gets Lost (and Found) in Translating Prose to Comics

Tobias Carroll on the Generative Power of Literary Adaptation

By Tobias Carroll | May 29, 2019

SAMO: The Origins of Jean-Michel Basquiat

SAMO: The Origins of Jean-Michel Basquiat

From Paolo Parisi's Graphic Biography of a New York Legend

By Paolo Parisi | May 28, 2019

Gabrielle Bellot on the Dreamy, Queer Beauty of <em>On a Sunbeam</em>

Gabrielle Bellot on the Dreamy, Queer Beauty of On a Sunbeam

The Moody, Women-Centered Graphic Novel Space Opera
We Need Right Now

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 28, 2019

50 Raymond Carver Covers from Around the World

50 Raymond Carver Covers from Around the World

What We Talk About When We Talk About Book Covers

By Emily Temple | May 24, 2019

EXCLUSIVE COVER REVEAL: Paul Lisicky's forthcoming memoir, <em>Later</em>.

EXCLUSIVE COVER REVEAL: Paul Lisicky's forthcoming memoir, Later.

By Emily Firetog | May 20, 2019

Best Reviewed
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  • Annie Proulx Stories: New and Selected
  • The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game
  • The Telephone: A New History
  • No Such Thing as Monday
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  • Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of Elite Power
  • Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are

May we suggest not paying $99 for "authentic decorative books"?

By Jessie Gaynor | May 16, 2019

Author Photos: A Taxonomy

By Emily Temple | May 10, 2019

Illustrating the Visual Illusions of Walter Benjamin's Mind

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

25 of the Best Covers for Ralph Ellison’s <em>Invisible Man</em>

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

On the Novel's 67th Birthday

By Emily Temple | April 15, 2019

Read from the Graphic Novelization of<br> <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em>

Read from the Graphic Novelization of
The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood's Classic Novel Reimagined by Renee Nault

By Renee Nault | April 5, 2019

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

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

Do Not Be Afraid to Be Silly

By Penelope Lively | April 5, 2019

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