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

Jenny Odell: Our Vision of 'Productivity' is Way Too Narrow

Jenny Odell: Our Vision of 'Productivity' is Way Too Narrow

The Author of How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy on Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | August 29, 2019

What Data-Driven Corporate Medicine Has Wrought

What Data-Driven Corporate Medicine Has Wrought

Terrence Holt Revisits Paul Starr's Classic, The Social Transformation of American Medicine

By Terrence Holt | August 29, 2019

Bob Eckstein Draws His Way Through the Writer's Digest Annual Conference

Bob Eckstein Draws His Way Through the Writer's Digest Annual Conference

Classes! Advice! A Pitch Slam!

By Bob Eckstein | August 29, 2019

The Life and Times of a Filipino<br> Overseas Worker

The Life and Times of a Filipino
Overseas Worker

Rosalie Villanueva's 8,500-Mile Journey From a Manila Slum to a Texas Hospital

By Jason DeParle | August 29, 2019

Dignity vs. Money: Europe, Please Choose

Dignity vs. Money: Europe, Please Choose

Ilija Trojanow on the Chasm Between Europe's Actions and Its Ideals

By Ilija Trojanow | August 29, 2019

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What It's Like to Be Told You Have Dementia

By Nicci Gerrard | August 29, 2019

My Decade of Falling in Love with the Writing of José Esteban Muñoz

By Marcos Gonsalez | August 29, 2019

The Best Book You Can Find in a Hospital Gift Shop Is About To Become a TV Show

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 28, 2019

14-year-old literary activist Marley Dias on how her generation is fighting for the future.

14-year-old literary activist Marley Dias on how her generation is fighting for the future.

By Corinne Segal | August 28, 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

A robot read 3.5 million books to find we describe women by appearance, and men by virtue.

A robot read 3.5 million books to find we describe women by appearance, and men by virtue.

By Jonny Diamond | August 28, 2019

On the Politics of Italics

On the Politics of Italics

Jumoke Verissimo Wonders When It's Right to Highlight Difference

By Jumoke Verissimo | August 28, 2019

Tracking Down My Literary Idol to a San Francisco Commune

Tracking Down My Literary Idol to a San Francisco Commune

On Translating Irving Rosenthal's Deeply Weird
and Wonderful Sheeper

By Philippe Aronson | August 28, 2019

The Death of Alexander the Great: One of History's Great Unsolved Mysteries

The Death of Alexander the Great: One of History's Great Unsolved Mysteries

When You Party Too Hard After Conquering the World

By Anthony Everitt | August 28, 2019

At Brooklyn’s 2019 Small<br> Press Flea

At Brooklyn’s 2019 Small
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Tables of Books, Friendly Publishers, and a Bookmobile!

By Eleni Theodoropoulos | August 28, 2019

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