…something we are forbidden to see

May 16, ’13 9:42 PM

Adrienne Rich

“For now, poetry has the capacity—in its own ways and by its own means—to remind us of something we are forbidden to see.”
—Adrienne Rich

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…“Dostoevsky is immortal!”

May 15, ’13 9:42 PM

Mikhail Bulgakov

“You are not Dostoevsky,’ said the woman…
‘You never can tell…’ he answered.
‘Dostoevsky is dead,’ the woman said, a bit uncertainly.
‘I protest!’ he said with heat, ‘Dostoevsky is immortal!”
—Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

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Massimo Vignelli on Making Books

May 9, ’13 9:42 PM

Massimo Vignelli discusses his approach to book design in a video produced for Mohawk’s “What Will You Make Today?” campaign. Video design by Michael Bierut/Pentagram.

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…whose labor created our world

May 7, ’13 9:42 PM

Angela Carter

“For most of human history, ‘literature,’ both fiction and poetry, has been narrated, not written — heard, not read. So fairy tales, folk tales, stories from the oral tradition, are all of them the most vital connection we have with the imaginations of the ordinary men and women whose labor created our world.”
—Angela Carter

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Fahrenheit 451: 60th Anniversary Edition

May 5, ’13 9:42 PM

Fahrenheit 451 cover

Fahrenheit 451 is smokin’ hot in black and white and red for this 60th Anniversary edition contest winner designed by Matt Owen coming from Simon & Schuster.

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James Bond Covers: Dressed to Kill

May 3, ’13 9:42 PM

James Bond Covers

Snazzy James Bond covers from Thomas and Mercer (Amazon) all dressed up in black and white and red.

(via Archie Ferguson Design)

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…has trouble writing

May 1, ’13 9:42 PM

Joseph Heller

“Every writer I know has trouble writing.”
—Joseph Heller

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Errata Naturae Editores

Apr 25, ’13 9:42 PM

Errata Naturae

Fun covers from Errata Naturae Editores

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…cannot survive here on earth

Apr 23, ’13 9:42 PM

Halldor Laxness

“Whoever doesn’t live in poetry cannot survive here on earth.”
—Halldór Laxness, Under the Glacier

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Black and white and red covers

Apr 20, ’13 9:42 PM

Budi Satria Kwan

Minimalist books covers in black and white and red from Budi Satria Kwan. Very nice.

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