August 06, 2014
Looking for book cover design pointers from publishing house art directors and graphic designers.
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Looking for book cover design pointers from publishing house art directors and graphic designers.
Read MoreMark Twain, Barbara Ehrenreich, Christopher Hitchens and David Foster Wallace on what it means to love your country.
Read MoreMelt your heart with these photos of famous author BFFs hanging out, and read some of their finest words on friendship.
Read MoreCould it be opposite day? Jocks are becoming nerds!
James Franco is flunking acting class!
But back in the normal world, Charlotte Bronte is still the most popular of her sisters
Nerds are pleased with the latest Batman trailer
And the masses have replaced planking with avocado-ing
Writers aren't having much luck though, as poet Carl Sanburg's home is being foreclosed
And Maya Angelou calls out Common for being "vulgar and dangerous"
While the writing world experiences a dearth of scathing wit with Christopher Hitchens's death
Similarly, The music world may soon be without the legendary talent of Etta James as well
World leaders have also been in the obits lately, with the deaths of Kim Jong-Il and Vaclav Havel
But there was one bright note this week: Aragorn has started his own indie publishing press!
I was just trying to think of something to say about Martin Amis, whose first biography is currently being kicked around by the British Press and whose books I’ve been drawn to for half of my life, when I came across this BBC headline: “Stalin’s Daughter Lana Peters Dies in US of Cancer.”
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