An eye-catching treat for fans of books, particularly the vintage paperback variety: One Hundred Penguin Book Covers in One Box.
Penguin Book Cover Postcards
Salvador Dalí Illustrates the Western Canon
Few people know about Salvador Dalí's illustrations for famous works of the Western canon, including Don Quixote, Macbeth, Paradise Lost, and even The Bible.
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Old Books, New Life
Books turned into tables? Volumes made into shelves? Pages turned into sculpture? Library purists, remain calm. This has nothing to do with destruction, but everything to do with giving old books new life.
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The Book of Exodus
“What we call them is entirely irrelevant: emigrants, migrants, refugees, exiles—we all know to whom we refer. Refugeedom is our common cultural meme. It is the story with which Christian civilization begins. We bear the imprint of the furious index finger God used to banish Adam and Eve from Eden.” Dubravka Ugrešić writes about displacement and the refugee crisis for the Literary Hub. Pair with Arnon Grunberg’s Millions essay on Ugrešić’s legacy.
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A Poet’s Debut
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The Portable Betty Draper
The literary lineage of Mad Men‘s Betty Draper extends to Edith Wharton and Margaret Mead, argues Laura Tanenbaum in a new issue of Open Letters Monthly.
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On Ike and the Liking Thereof
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Dear C. Max Magee,
Lovely little post, and a nice gift suggestion. But a huge problem!: why are you linking readers to Amazon? Why not an independent bookstore (even Powell’s, or the Strand) or even the publisher’s own online store? Clearly you love books, so if that’s the case — practice what you preach, baby, and stay away from Amazon.
Yours,
A.M.
Hi A.M., see here for your answer. Section 3, especially.
Thank you! Super interesting. Apologies for not seeing this earlier.