How 10 Book Covers Evolved, from Rejected Drafts to Final Design
Book designers explain how the covers you love came to be
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A Novel About Sleeping Through the ’90s, Designed to Wake You Up
By moving it into the pre-9/11 era, “My Year of Rest and Relaxation” skewers the privileged liberal fantasy of checking out
Jul 12 2018 - Ariel Saramandi
10 Book Designers Discuss the Book Covers They Rejected, And Why
A deep dive into the wrong turns of cover design
Apr 20 2018 - Jo Lou
Paul Bacon, Legendary Book Designer, Dies at 91
Jun 11 2015 - Caitlin Barasch
Designing Narratives for the iPhone: TREEHOUSE
Mar 24 2010 - Electric Literature
7 Newsletters That Will Improve Your Writing
Writers offering the best of craft and publishing advice, writing prompts, and pitch calls
Feb 3 2023 - Samantha Paige Rosen
On (Not) Discovering Disability in the World of Jane Austen
Disabled characters are present in Austen’s novels, but largely invisible in her cinematic remakes
Jan 27 2023 - Pasquale S. Toscano
A Story Submerged in Sleaze, Told by a Creep
In Rebecca Rukeyser's debut novel, voyeurism is the galvanizing force for a teen's conclusions about life and love
Jan 26 2023 - Nate Brown
We Need To Talk About Professional Jealousy
Embracing disappointment is far more healthy than begrudging another writer their success
Jan 19 2023 - Benjamin Schaefer
7 City Novels in Which Real Estate and Urban Planning Are the Heroes and Villains
Stories about individuals facing change as they are torn between past and future, tradition and modernization
