Recently, Dario Calmese, a Black artist, photographed the actress Viola Davis for the cover of Vanity Fair. The cover was released yesterday. The photo that adorns it is based on “The Scourged Back,” an image, from 1863, of Gordon, a man who escaped slavery and whose back had been lacerated by whipping. Davis recreated Gordon’s pose; she wore a dark-blue MaxMara dress backwards, so as to make her back visible. “This image reclaims that narrative, transmuting the white gaze on Black suffering into the Black gaze of grace, elegance, and beauty,” Calmese said, of the Davis cover. He added, in an interview about the photoshoot with Jessica Testa, of the New York Times, “I knew this was a moment to be, like, extra Black.” Online, Calmese’s image of Davis got better reviews than another recent cover of a Condé Nast magazine: that of the August issue of Vogue, which features a portrait of Simone Biles—the Olympic gymnast and survivor of sexual abuse within the USA Gymnastics setup—in a Bottega Veneta bodysuit, also with her back to the camera. The image was shot in February, by Annie Leibovitz. After it came out, critics said that Leibovitz’s dim lighting had done Biles a disservice. “I adore Simone Biles and am thrilled she’s on this cover,” Morrigan McCarthy, national picture editor at the Times, tweeted. “But I hate these photos. I hate the toning, I hate how predictable they are.” Britni Danielle, a journalist and editor, added, “Simone Biles deserved better than Annie... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-07-15 12:08:12 UTC ]
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These 2020 YA book covers showcase disability representation -- and may be the start of the sea change we need. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-01-13 11:37:47 UTC ]
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Ad Age’s At the Newsstand spotlights notable ad-supported print media available soon near you. Meredith Corporation this morning did a big reveal: It released the cover of ... Reveal, the inaugural issue of its glossy collaboration with Drew and Jonathan Scott of HGTV “Property Brothers”... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2020-01-08 18:04:35 UTC ]
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Rachel Johnson’s Rake’s Progress: My Life in Politics will be published by Simon & Schuster UK in March. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-05 13:39:36 UTC ]
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Check out Harry Potter duvet covers in simple, nuetral colors, bright, fantastical images, and learn about Harry Potter pillows. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-12-27 11:31:39 UTC ]
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Mirror Books has acquired the true story of Lucy, the puppy farm Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and the campaign she inspired that led to Lucy’s Law and the nationwide ban on puppy farming. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-24 02:27:24 UTC ]
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While 2019 winds down, many of us are reflecting on the year that was. We talk about our favorite movies, TV shows, records, etc. But here at Folio:, one of our favorite things to look back at are the year's best magazine covers. As an annual tradition, we reach out to some of the top designers... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-12-19 19:17:56 UTC ]
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For your listening pleasure, books by John le Carré, Marion Winik and Lynne Truss Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-17 17:01:13 UTC ]
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Do you know your book jackets? Test your knowledge now, with our annual book cover quiz! Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-16 21:47:17 UTC ]
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Hosting a dinner party can be scary. It can feel like there’s pressure to be perfect, to set up some elaborate “tablescape” or make food so extravagant, complicated, or Instagrammable that it verges on the absurd. Now there is a significant food writing movement working to counteract that... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-13 09:49:36 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has acquired an "uplifting" tale, about a kind-hearted Christmas monster, from Giraffes Can’t Dance author Giles Andreae with illustrations from Nikki Dyson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-11 17:33:58 UTC ]
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Those yellow hardback Nancy Drew book covers are almost as iconic as the girl detective herself. But which ones are the best? Read on to find out! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-12-10 11:37:29 UTC ]
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Welsh indie Graffeg Publishing has launched a £12,500 crowdfunding campaign to record an orchestral tale for children Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-10 10:04:32 UTC ]
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Oneworld is to publish nine stories by Marcel Proust for the first time in English. The stories in collection The Mysterious Correspondent were never published in Proust's lifetime. They were uncovered by scholar and publisher Bernard de Fallois, who previously identified Proust’s posthumously... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-09 15:21:22 UTC ]
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It’s a writerly dream come true: a cocktail based on your book, prepared by a dedicated bookseller who has pored over your pages for references to alcohol or even flavors and scents he can interpret to concoct the drink. Nick Petrulakis of Booksmith in Brookline is the literary bartender in this... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-03 09:49:31 UTC ]
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Walker Books will publish Michael Rosen’s The Missing; The True Story of my Family in World War Two in January 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-26 17:56:29 UTC ]
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Humiliation is a debut collection of nine stories by Paulina Flores. Each story takes place in Chile, in port cities marked by poverty, and all are tied together with the themes of disgrace, pride and shame experienced both publicly and personally by each of the richly described characters.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-26 09:49:20 UTC ]
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This year, at Lit Hub, we spent a lot of time thinking about book cover design. Oliver Munday wrote about designing the cover for Fleur Jaeggy’s newly reissued masterpiece Sweet Days of Discipline; Tree Abraham wrote about designing the (very glittery) cover for T Kira Madden’s Long Live the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-25 09:49:03 UTC ]
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For young people of color, it has been historically difficult to find diverse YA book covers. But now? It's gettting better. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-11-22 11:40:38 UTC ]
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Another month of books, another month of book covers. November is when publishing starts slowing down a bit for the holidays, but even that couldn’t keep the beautiful books—and weird books, and funny-as-hell books—down. Below are my ten favorite book covers from the month (some of them are even... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-22 09:48:02 UTC ]
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A tale of a squirrel's quest for friends, Cyril and Pat (Pan Macmilan) by Emily Gravett, has been crowned the inaugural winner of the BookTrust Storytime Prize, which celebrates the best books for sharing with babies and children aged under five. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-21 04:31:22 UTC ]
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