Hail & Farewell: Jakob Arjouni
Dennis Johnson
Jakob Arjouni, one of our authors and one of our friends, died in Berlin Wednesday, after a long battle against pancreatic cancer… Read more »
Designers under the bell jar
Christopher King
In 1966, a young designer at Faber and Faber named Shirley Tucker created an image that would become an icon of modern design. Her cover for the first edition of… Read more »
In praise of William Deresiewicz
Kelly Burdick
There’s no better news in the National Book Critics Circle list of finalists than the awarding of the Nona A. Balakian Citation for “excellence in reviewing” to critic William Deresiewicz.… Read more »
Hilary Lowe of Literati Bookstore on her transition from sales rep to bookseller
Claire Kelley
Construction has begun in Ann Arbor as Hilary Lowe and her fiance Michael Gustafson forge ahead with their plans to open a new independent bookstore this spring. Having worked with Lowe… Read more »
That whale is out there
Ellie Robins
Did you know that there are whales alive today that were born before Moby-Dick was written? Being an acute cetaphobe I’ve had to conduct my research from halfway beneath my… Read more »
The small, warped, and bookish world of Marc Giai-Miniet
Kevin Murphy
Marc Giai-Miniet is a French artist who makes creepy and fascinating dioramas that tend to feature reproductions of human organs, crime scenes, submarines in basements, and, wait for it …… Read more »
