Joel W. Coggins

Bookish ish. Design & Production Manager at @UPittPress/@PittPoetry. Tweets my own, &c.

[Dan Kois @dankois]

I wrote for @NewYorker about Lorraine Louie, an underappreciated graphic design pioneer who designed the iconic Vintage Contemporaries covers that I love so much. Thanks to Paula Scher, Peter Mendelsund, and Louie's family for talking to me https://t.co/S7GgNruWOK

[Present & Correct @presentcorrect]

Will never tire of these covers by Mario Degrada, 1960s.

Many more here https://t.co/1nqbUMPCPQ

[Joel W. Coggins @syn_tax]

My daughter said & signed “I love you” to me for the first time today. It is one of the best feelings I’ve ever had. That’s it. That’s the tweet.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

A few nights ago, hidden under a cabinet, I found a pile of old letters from an editor in the ‘40s asking white writers to pen something on the “negro problem”

One writer responded: “I’m kinda busy but you should probably ask a few Black writers”

Some dude named Sinclair Lewis

[AIGA Eye on Design @AIGAeyeondesign]

Why do some authors’ books get a branded look?—by @APockros > https://t.co/Woai7SM4HR

[Henry Sene Yee 🖖 @hsyee]

Thanks for showing some love to my #coverdesign! 💕
This self-employed freelancer appreciates it. 🥰🙏
AD: Joel W. Coggins @syn_tax / @UPittPress
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https://t.co/S54ffOJrMt

[Chloe Wertz @seatea_wertz]

Absolutely SWOONING over The Essential Etheridge Knight repackage by my talented colleague @syn_tax. This collection is a treasure and should be on every poetry lovers bookshelf. Order the repackage from our website. Or even better, your favorite indie bookstore !!!

[Joel W. Coggins @syn_tax]

@tyler_tyler_tyl @cambarnett89 Can’t forget the Birmingham Bridge dropping in 08, too. https://t.co/Rx36SSKspG

[Literary Hub @lithub]

"I was aiming for an image that had a sense of creeping dread—something that hinted at an invisible force that might be humanly impossible to resist." @sunrararara on finding inspiration in pulp to create a new cover design for "The Plague." https://t.co/k0lCbRSoYA

[Joel W. Coggins @syn_tax]

@SamBourquin16 Great call tonight. What a game! This former Fairless student was glad to listen in from Morgantown, WV.

[Henry Sene Yee 🖖 @hsyee]

NOW YOU KNOW IT ALL: stories by Joanna Pearson / University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress
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Design: #HenrySeneYee;
AD: Joel W. Coggins @syn_tax
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❌ #outtakes #killedconcept #killedCovers #illustration by https://t.co/Zr3ZRdkkvS
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#NowYouKnowItAll #JoannaPearson #bookcover

[Designers & Books @designersbooks]

Peter Kraus of @ursusbooks offers a fascinating look at Futurist masterpieces, photo-books, and other graphically innovative publications produced in Italy during the first half of the twentieth century.https://t.co/0x52Dom54x

[Joel W. Coggins @syn_tax]

@WESALiz @arbybeast He didn’t today! 😝

[University Press of Kentucky @KentuckyPress]

Interested in working for the University Press of Kentucky? We're hiring a Production Director to oversee the design, composition, creative vision, and production of all books from visual concept to print and electronic publication. Apply now at https://t.co/ZdLgZ0fFA3!

[Joel W. Coggins @syn_tax]

@thisistheuproar

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Bon Iver and poet Ross Gay have collaborated on a new piece to help launch Jagjaguwar's 25th-anniversary campaign. https://t.co/vtjfrwamBM

[Joel W. Coggins @syn_tax]

. . . and just to round things out: legendary Pittsburgh poet Gerald Stern's most recent selected & new poems, Blessed as We Were (@wwnorton) is a finalist for the @PENamerica Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection (I hope I'm not overlooking any other Pittsburgh connections!)

[Joel W. Coggins @syn_tax]

Big morning in #Littsburgh: @PENamerica award finalists announced from @UPittPress/@PittPoetry, @AutumnHousePrs, and @EulaliaBooks!

[Joel W. Coggins @syn_tax]

Ross Gay's Be Holding (@UPittPress / @PittPoetry) is a finalist for the @PENamerica Jean Stein Book Award