Inspiration, Imagined
Since 2010 we have asked graphic designers and artists to create new, surprising, and uniquely inspiring covers for the first issue of the year; in this portfolio we look back at their work.
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The Written Image: The Backyard Bird Chronicles
A testament to best-selling novelist Amy Tan’s obsession with birds, The Backyard Bird Chronicles spotlights hundreds of excerpts of illustrations and prose from Tan’s observations over the years.
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The Written Image: The Comfort of Crows
Artist Billy Renkl recounts his painstaking process for constructing the mixed-media collages that accompany the essays in his sister Margaret Renkl’s new book, The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year.
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The Written Image: My Brilliant Friend
The illustrator of the graphic novel My Brilliant Friend, Mara Cerri, discusses her artistic practice, the challenges of rendering an esteemed novel in images, and her experience working with one of world’s most elusive authors.
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Ten Questions for Edward Carey
“Every day without fail. Small marks with a pencil.” —Edward Carey, author of The Swallowed Man
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Green Brain Comics
Green Brain Comics, along with the Emerging Writers Network, hosts Brain Candy, a free, curated live program of prose, music, poetry, and visual art. Brain Candy readings occur every third Monday of the month with new monthly guests.
The shop also hosts book club discussions, comic book signings and release parties, and movie screenings.
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The Written Image: Jane Mount’s “Bibliophile”
Colorful illustrations accompany notes, quotes, and literary trivia about books to read and bookstores to visit.
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