SPINE 7

SPINE 7 features beautiful cover design by artist Shayla Bond. In this issue we look at:

Cover Showcase
Our Other Whitman: The Subversive Minimalism of a Boston Renaissance Woman by Mary Ryan Karnes
Q & A: Joan Wong by Fernando Mateus
Daniel Benneworth-Gray: On Work-Life Balance & Process by Susanna Baird
The Writer's Practice: Carmen Maria Machado By Susanna baird
The Making of SweetFreak by Jack Noel
Interview with Designer Maria Elias by Karen Faris

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SPINE 6

SPINE 6 features beautiful cover design by artist Wirdy Hamidy. In this issue we look at:

Highlights of noteworthy fiction & nonfiction book covers
Designing for Celebrity: Creating covers for Aziz Ansari, Amy Schumer, & Jessi Klein, by Susanna Baird
Interview with cover designer Anna Morrison, by Eric Wilder
Space is Scary: a comparative review of horror genre covers, by Kerry Squires
Unrequited Love: the ill-fated affair between illustration and adult fiction, by Nuria Rodríguez

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SPINE 5

With over 100 pages of book cover design related articles and features.

The cover designed by Kerry Squires evokes our featured artist, Matisse. Although not done using his 'drawing with scissors' technique, the digitally created design still holds an intuitive and human tone.

Highlights of noteworthy fiction & nonfiction book covers
Drawing With Scissors: The cover designs of Henri Matisse
Gaberbocchus Press: best lookers not best sellers
Playing it Straight: grip-lit genre design and copycat techniques by Danny Arter
Altering the Apparent: should cover designs be translated across cultures? By Nuria Rodríguez
Interviews with Michael B. Myers Jr. and Emily Weigel by Eric Wilder
A Day at the Bookbinders: reprint of the 1838 account of a London bookbinders from the Penny Magazine
Book review: The Form of the Book we review Occassional Papers' title which brings together essential essays on the book—its history, present, and possible futures

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