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    Keum Suk Gendry-Kim on the Symbolism of Trees and the Power of Black and White Illustration

    By Alexander Chee  December 13, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The 101 Best Book Covers of 2021

    By Emily Temple  December 7, 2021
    The Hub

    Exclusive cover reveal: Sarah Thankam Mathews’ All This Could Be Different.

    By Literary Hub  December 3, 2021
    Book Covers

    The 11 Best Book Covers of November

    By Emily Temple  November 30, 2021
    The Hub

    COVER REVEAL: Northwestern University Press’s collection Growing Up Chicago.

    By Literary Hub  November 29, 2021
    Book Covers

    How to Reframe the Strangeness of The Plague as Sci-Fi Noir

    By Sunra Thompson  November 24, 2021
    Graphic Novels

    “I Have to Give a Lot to the Reader on Every Page.” A Conversation With Graphic Novelist Brecht Evens

    By Literary Hub  November 22, 2021
    The Hub

    Exclusive cover reveal: Lidia Yuknavitch’s Thrust.

    By Literary Hub  November 19, 2021
    Bookstagram

    Amy Long on Why Taylor Swift is the Perfect Vehicle Through Which To Talk About Books

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  November 17, 2021
    The Hub

    Exclusive cover reveal: Mieko Kawakami’s All The Lovers In The Night.

    By Literary Hub  November 15, 2021
    NewberyTart

    Jasmine Warga on the Relationship Between Language and Her Hyphenated Identity

    By NewberyTart   November 10, 2021
    Playlists

    Finding Friendship in Pandemic Collaboration

    By Shebani Rao and Sejal Shah  November 9, 2021
    NewberyTart

    Savanna Ganucheau on the Influences of Manga in Her Work

    By NewberyTart   November 3, 2021
    The Hub

    For $26K a month you can rent the hideously remodeled London house where Herman Melville once lived!

    By Jonny Diamond  November 1, 2021
    Book Covers

    The 10 Best Book Covers of October

    By Emily Temple  October 27, 2021
    The Hub

    Take a video tour of the Haruki Murakami Library.

    By Walker Caplan  October 22, 2021
    The Hub

    An ode to the glorious ’70s cover art of the books of Ursula K. Le Guin.

    By Emily Temple  October 21, 2021
    Indie Bookstores

    An Illustrated Tour of Some of North America’s Beloved, Diverse Indie Bookstores

    By Jamise Harper and Jane Mount  October 19, 2021
    Homes

    Famous Writers’ Houses: A Taxonomy

    By Emily Temple  October 14, 2021
    The Hub

    This new web tool gets rid of everything but punctuation—so you can see your hidden literary style.

    By Walker Caplan  October 8, 2021
    Book Covers

    The 25 Most Iconic Book Covers in History

    By Emily Temple  October 7, 2021
    Comics

    Enki Bilal on the Frightening Speed of the Digital Revolution and Finding Meaning in Humanism

    By Aysegul Sert  October 7, 2021
    The Hub

    Who will buy Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh’s playdate bridge?

    By Vanessa Willoughby  October 6, 2021
    Book Covers

    The 13 Best Book Covers of September

    By Emily Temple  September 29, 2021
    The Hub

    I’m obsessed with this Instagram series of popular books redesigned “for men.”

    By Emily Temple  September 28, 2021
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