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
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
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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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 !!!
"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
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
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!
. . . 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!)