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A New Approach to My Commonplace Book, Among Other Things
Also: Leaving the Honeymoon Phase, What I'm Reading, and A Book Design Milestone
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The Books that Made Me Want to Write
When I was in 10th grade, I wrote a poem about my girlfriend for English class. It was called “Your Perfect Imperfections,” and I set the type in a…
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Book Covers Don't Matter
Do They?
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I Don't Hate You, Comic Sans
And Nobody Should
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Origin Story
Another post in which I use this platform to be "a big ole mush" (Ma Kent voice)
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Book Cover Design Process: Appropriated Tales
by Michelle Anya Anjirbag
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Who Designed It? ‘Colored Television’ by Danzy Senna
Designer: Lauren Peters-Collaer
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In Praise of Ugly Notebooks
If your notebook is not at least a little bit ugly, I don’t think I trust you.
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What Should 'Lolita' Look Like?
You Tell Me.
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This is a Borzoi Newsletter
A Brief History of Alfred A. Knopf's Playful Spine Logo
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13 Quotes About Book Covers
From 'The Look of the Book' by Peter Mendelsund and David J. Alworth
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ABDN Book Diary 03: I Hired Another Designer to Do My Cover
This is a process diary for the creation of a book based on this newsletter, I Can Tell Your Book Was Self-Published. It is for my wonderful paid…
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