SLEEP DEPRIVED

 

 

VICTORY LAP

 

The Canadian writer, illustrator and former competitive swimmer, Leanne Shapton, is one of those rare creatures on whom the gods have bestowed three gifts. Her sports memoir entitled Swimming Studies, comes with a bonus: a series of highly abstract, monochromatic paintings of swimming pools. Good value.

ONE LINER

 

 

 

 

A memorable line from Kayak Morning, Roger Rosenblatt’s meditation on grief.

LITERARY DEVICE

 

David Pearson’s celebrated series of typographic cover designs for Cormac McCarthy’s novels includes a review quote on each book.  Here, a cover quote for The Road.

ROUNDABOUT

Okay, I’ll admit I had to look up the definition of obliquity when I saw this striking cover design by Ben Wiseman.

LOVE BIRDS

Forgive a brief foray into sentiment, via Reece Ward, in wishing my husband a happy birthday.

REVERSE ANGLE

 

 

A lovely expanse of green on a strikingly illustrated book cover.

STINGING COMMENT

 

 

There was simply no way to avoid posting this ridiculously great Pelican cover.

GIRL TALK

 

 

The book designer Peter Mendelsund discusses design, competitions, and the always delicate subject of Nabokov’s Lolita.

FUNNY FACE

 

A great bit of editorial design, with a spot-on illustration by Stephen Savage.