What If My Book’s Cover Design Misrepresents Its Content?

What If My Book’s Cover Design Misrepresents Its Content?

Saumya Roy on Poverty Porn and the Optical Echo of Book Jackets

By Saumya Roy | September 21, 2021

An Illustrated Collection of Very Honest Book Covers

An Illustrated Collection of Very Honest Book Covers

Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber’s Take on the Modern Library

By Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber | September 21, 2021

Alec Ross on How Companies Govern Our Lives

Alec Ross on How Companies Govern Our Lives

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 21, 2021

Tom Nichols on the Rise of Illiberalism

Tom Nichols on the Rise of Illiberalism

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 21, 2021

There is now an enormous portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky in a wheat field in northern Italy.

There is now an enormous portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky in a wheat field in northern Italy.

By Emily Temple | September 20, 2021

"Write the tale that scares you . . . I dare you." Michaela Coel has some writing advice for us.

By Vanessa Willoughby | September 20, 2021

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Chuck Palahniuk wants more places for edgy fiction. So he's starting a Substack.

By Walker Caplan | September 20, 2021

Here's John Waters reading a dirty scene from Lady Chatterley's Lover.

By Emily Temple | September 20, 2021

Who are the most talented but under-appreciated writers in America?

By Snigdha Koirala | September 20, 2021

Jason Reynolds will serve a third term as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

Jason Reynolds will serve a third term as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

By Vanessa Willoughby | September 20, 2021

Don't despair: LeVar Burton has designs on his own book-themed game show.

Don't despair: LeVar Burton has designs on his own book-themed game show.

By Walker Caplan | September 20, 2021

New video game will let you beat up Lovecraft while pretending to be Hemingway.

New video game will let you beat up Lovecraft while pretending to be Hemingway.

By Jonny Diamond | September 20, 2021

The Legacy of Colin Kaepernick: On the First High School Team to Take a Knee

The Legacy of Colin Kaepernick: On the First High School Team to Take a Knee

Dave Zirin Talks to the Coach of Garfield High's Football Team

By Dave Zirin | September 20, 2021

On the Difficulty of Remaining Anonymous When You’re the First President of the United States

On the Difficulty of Remaining Anonymous When You’re the First President of the United States

Nathaniel Philbrick Follows in the Footsteps of George Washington on Western Long Island

By Nathaniel Philbrick | September 20, 2021

Inhabiting the Mind of the Worst Kind of Collaborator: A Nazi Kapo

Inhabiting the Mind of the Worst Kind of Collaborator: A Nazi Kapo

David Rieff on the Novelist Aleksandar Tišma, Whose Writing Was an Antidote to Banality and Kitsch

By David Rieff | September 20, 2021

On Robert Indiana’s <em>LOVE</em>-Hate Relationship with the Sculpture That Made Him a Star

On Robert Indiana’s LOVE-Hate Relationship with the Sculpture That Made Him a Star

Bob Keyes Considers the Financial Realities of an Iconic Work of Art

By Bob Keyes | September 20, 2021

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