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

     
    By Drew Broussard  December 18, 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

    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
    Cities

    Why Are We So Obsessed with Making Cities Greener?

    By Des Fitzgerald  November 21, 2023
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Photography

    Capturing Process and Industry in America: On the Photography of Christopher Payne

    By Kathy Ryan  November 3, 2023
    Book Covers

    The 14 Best Book Covers of October

    By Emily Temple  October 30, 2023
    Craft of Globemaking

    On the Artisanal Craft of Making a Globe

    By Peter Bellerby  October 23, 2023
    Photography

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

    “The processes of photography were liquid for most of the medium’s history...”

    By Rebecca Solnit and Meghann Riepenhoff  December 13, 2023
    The Hub

    Exclusive: See the cover for Morgan Talty’s debut novel, Fire Exit.

    By Literary Hub  September 28, 2023
    Book Covers

    The 17 Best Book Covers of September

    By Emily Temple  September 28, 2023
    The Hub

    Exclusive: See the cover for Dorothy Chan’s Return of the Chinese Femme.

    By Literary Hub  September 26, 2023
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    Exclusive: See the cover for Amy Lin’s Here After.

    By Literary Hub  September 20, 2023
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    Exclusive: See the cover for R.O. Kwon’s next novel, Exhibit.

    By Emily Temple  September 19, 2023
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    Exclusive: See the cover for Susan Rich’s latest collection, Blue Atlas.

    By Literary Hub  September 14, 2023
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    Exclusive: See the cover for Juliet Escoria’s new book, You Are the Snake.

    By Literary Hub  September 11, 2023
    The Hub

    Exclusive: See the cover for Ananda Lima’s CRAFT: Stories I Wrote for the Devil.

    By Literary Hub  September 8, 2023
    News and Culture

    The 13 Best Book Covers of August

    By Emily Temple  August 31, 2023
    The Hub

    Exclusive: See the cover for Emily Raboteau’s next book, Lessons for Survival.

    By Literary Hub  August 21, 2023
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    Exclusive: See the cover for Lilly Dancyger’s forthcoming essay collection, First Love.

    By Literary Hub  August 16, 2023
    Cleaning House

    On the Difficulty of Getting Rid of Books

    "I don’t get rid of them, per se; rather, I set them afloat, in search of new homes."

    By Lewis Buzbee  August 16, 2023
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    Exclusive: See the cover for Wei Tchou’s experimental memoir Little Seed.

    By Literary Hub  August 15, 2023
    Secrets of the Book Designer

    How to Design a Cover for the Emotional Center of a Novel

    By Math Monahan  August 15, 2023
    The Hub

    Exclusive: See the (sexy) cover for C. Michelle Lindley’s debut novel, The Nude.

    By Literary Hub  October 3, 2023
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