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    It's Mustard Season

     
    By Emily Temple  June 27, 2024
    The Hub

    What’s the deal with Book Girl Summer?

    By Brittany Allen  June 21, 2024
    Fashion

    How Geraldine Stutz Personified the Mid-Century Professional Woman

    By Julie Satow  June 4, 2024
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    The 14 Best Book Covers of May

    By Emily Temple  May 30, 2024
    The Hub

    See the cover for Sally Rooney’s next novel.

    By Emily Temple  May 22, 2024
    Art and Life

    Art Meets Life: Beth Parker on Searching for Red Grooms’ Mysterious Sculpted Bookstore

    By Beth Parker  May 20, 2024
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    The Hub

    The best-dressed writers at the Met Gala.

    By Brittany Allen  May 6, 2024
    The Hub

    10 of the best author-turned-artists, ranked.

    By Brittany Allen  May 2, 2024
    On Reading

    A Look Inside Gloria Steinem’s Home Library

    By Shana Novak  April 30, 2024
    Book Auction

    In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane

    Bradford Morrow on the Bibliophile’s Holy Grail, Otherwise Known as the “Black Tulip”

    By Bradford Morrow  June 25, 2024
    Book Covers

    The 22 Best Book Covers of March

    By Emily Temple  March 28, 2024
    Empowerment

    Why I Chose to Be the Cover Model for My Own Novel

    By Alvina Chamberland  March 25, 2024
    Book Design

    Not Just Covers, But Every Page: Why Writers Should Talk About Book Design Early On

    By Debbie Berne  March 15, 2024
    Book Covers

    The 11 Best Book Covers of February

    Winter’s Last Gasp (We Hope)

    By Emily Temple  February 29, 2024
    The Hub

    Jean Jullien’s enormous blue bookworms are a work of literary (and capitalist) delight.

    By Emily Temple  February 28, 2024
    Craft

    Want to Write Better? Consider Building Your Own Writing Desk

    By Devin Murphy  February 26, 2024
    The Hub

    Becky Chambers on the new illustrations for The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.

    By Olivia Rutigliano  February 16, 2024
    Book Covers

    The 12 Best Book Covers of January

    Starting the Year Off Right

    By Emily Temple  January 31, 2024
    The Hub

    2024’s hottest book cover trend is . . . pastel skies.

    By Drew Broussard  December 18, 2023
    Photography

    Rebecca Solnit on Meghann Riepenhoff’s Cyanotype Prints Made in Freezing Landscapes

    By Rebecca Solnit and Meghann Riepenhoff  December 13, 2023
    Best of 2023

    The 139 Best Book Covers of 2023

    By Emily Temple  December 12, 2023
    Book Covers

    The 10 Best Book Covers of November

    A Nice Row of Palate Cleansers

    By Emily Temple  November 30, 2023
    Art and Life

    Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

    By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore  November 30, 2023
    Symbolism

    Year of the Rabbit: Why We’re Seeing So Many Bunnies on Books

    By Celia Mattison  November 29, 2023
    Book Covers

    The 11 Best Book Covers of April

    By Emily Temple  April 30, 2024
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