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August 15, 2014

The singer’s 1992 photo-book took the genre from nature documentary to pop controversy.

August 06, 2014

Looking for book cover design pointers from publishing house art directors and graphic designers.

July 15, 2014

Saga by Brian K. Vaughan, Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction and Fables by Bill Willingham prove it’s a serious thing, being ridiculous.

June 23, 2014

Despite Nabokov’s wishes, many designers have had a go at trying to illustrate his infamous nymphet.

May 27, 2014

The Paris Review, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and government-sponsored kool-aid acid tests — American spooks are so cultured.

April 30, 2014

For readers who would steal one of Hemingway’s polydactyl cats if they could.

April 29, 2014

Tap into your inner Frodo Baggins with these seven eco-friendly homes.

April 16, 2014

Sadly, it wasn’t all dragon-skin parchment and unicorn pencils.

March 20, 2014

Jonny Fox uses the microblogging platform to inject art into the babel of social media.

March 19, 2014

Simon Jacobs, editor of Safety Pin Review, discusses his D.I.Y. literary magazine and Saturn, his new collection of stories about David Bowie.

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