Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for Odes to Lithium
Shira Erlichman discusses creating the cover of her forthcoming debut, ODES TO LITHIUM, plus an exclusive first look!
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love
Keith S. Wilson discusses the cover of his forthcoming debut, FIELDNOTES ON ORDINARY LOVE, plus an exclusive first look!
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Jesse Ball
Jesse Ball discusses his new novel, Census, the inherent sinister nature of institutions, and creating imaginary authors.
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton
Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton on their new book Knives & Ink, cooking with pigs' heads, and long-distance collaboration.
Book Covers: A Symptom of Sexism
For Lit Hub, book designer Jennifer Heuer reflects on sexism in publishing and analyzes “chick-lit” book covers that rely on gender stereotypes to target female readers: The bigger discussion is…
The Rumpus Interview With Brenda Miller
Author Brenda Miller discusses the lyric essay, her "poet self" who always bleeds through, and what she's writing about next.
Books as Beautiful Objects
Perhaps some buyers do judge books by their covers. A designer has been turning classic literature into beautiful objects. Coralie Bickford-Smith, a London-based book jacket designer for Penguin, convinced the…
Paperback Writer
The goal of the paperback is therefore to reposition a book, capture a wider audience, or target a new market. We give books a second chance. In an essay at Lit…
Slaughterhouse-Five and Catch-22 Cover Artist Passes Away
Paul Bacon, who designed more than 6,500 book covers, passed away on June 8th from a stroke. The list of books for which Bacon designed covers reads like a who’s…
Book Covers Judge Back
The Guardian reports on a playful man bites dog story from Dutch design firm Moore: a book that judges potential readers by their covers. The prototype uses facial recognition to…
Seeing is Reading
For those of us who haven’t glanced at e.e. cummings since high school, it’s easy to forget that literature is a visual medium. When we think about reading, our minds…
Great Book, Amateur Cover
Some of the best self-published books end up with amateur covers. While professional publishers consider every detail of book’s cover, like whether a font should be sans-serif or not base on…