50 Shades of Wednesday
Familiar-looking cover art. Bret Easton Ellis wants you to know he is not joking about his desire to adapt 50 Shades of Grey for the screen. (Someone’s already called dibs on lingerie.) How said...
View ArticleAlbums-as-Books, and Other News
Can there ever be too many albums-as-books? In a word: no. As long as we’re grappling with the Big Questions: Is this the worst book cover in the world? (No.) Not one but two bookstores saved by loyal...
View Article50 Shades of Wednesday
Familiar-looking cover art. Bret Easton Ellis wants you to know he is not joking about his desire to adapt 50 Shades of Grey for the screen. (Someone’s already called dibs on lingerie.) How said...
View ArticleAlbums-as-Books, and Other News
Can there ever be too many albums-as-books? In a word: no. As long as we’re grappling with the Big Questions: Is this the worst book cover in the world? (No.) Not one but two bookstores saved by loyal...
View ArticleWith Cherries on Top
You may notice that we’re looking a bit different today. Last week, we sent the Winter 2021 issue to Prolific, our new printer in Canada, and it looks a bit different, too. The design was inspired by...
View ArticleWhy Tights and No Knickers?
Danielle Orchard, Lint, 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin Gallery. The women in Danielle Orchard’s paintings are usually undressed, or only partially clothed. They might be smoking a cigarette...
View ArticleLSD Snowfall: An Interview with Uman
Uman, Snowfall: winter in Roseboom #4, 2016–2020 (detail). The Paris Review‘s Winter issue cover, Snowfall: winter in Roseboom #4, by the artist Uman, looks from different angles like a field of...
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