As seen on T.M. Wolf’s Facebook page, the UK edition of Sound. You can see the full US cover art on T.M. Wolf’s Tumblr… or tantalize yourself with the spine, as featured in NYT’s ”Bookshelf”:    “The formalist games continue with Sound (Faber & Faber, $18), by the hip-hop fanatic and Yale Law School grad T. M. Wolf, who also has degrees in intellectual history and urban planning. His dizzying interests somehow coalesce in this first novel, with the prose arranged here and there on horizontal lines, like musical notation.”

As seen on T.M. Wolf’s Facebook page, the UK edition of Sound. You can see the full US cover art on T.M. Wolf’s Tumblr… or tantalize yourself with the spine, as featured in NYT’s ”Bookshelf”:

  NYT Bookshelf

“The formalist games continue with Sound (Faber & Faber, $18), by the hip-hop fanatic and Yale Law School grad T. M. Wolf, who also has degrees in intellectual history and urban planning. His dizzying interests somehow coalesce in this first novel, with the prose arranged here and there on horizontal lines, like musical notation.”


Calling all Photoshoppers and MS Painters! themorningnews: (by Judson Frondorf) Our cover remix contest is under way! Join us for a chance to win a copy of Paris, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down.

Calling all Photoshoppers and MS Painters!

themorningnews:

(by Judson Frondorf)

Maria Popova of Brain Pickings selects four art projects inspired by literary classics, for The Atlantic. I would add a fifth: the Something out of Something design contest. (Winner to be announced soon…)

Maria Popova of Brain Pickings selects four art projects inspired by literary classics, for The Atlantic. I would add a fifth: the Something out of Something design contest. (Winner to be announced soon…)

Has there been an incredibly elaborate puzzle embedded in our book jackets? Maybe. For now I’ll just say McNally Jackson is at Stage 1.

Has there been an incredibly elaborate puzzle embedded in our book jackets? Maybe. For now I’ll just say McNally Jackson is at Stage 1.

“Ms. Hassman is such a poised storyteller that her prose practically struts. Her words are as elegant as they are fierce. A voice as fresh as hers is so rare that at times I caught myself cheering.” That’s from a thrilling review of Tupelo Hassman’s Girlchild in today’s New York Times. As you can imagine, it put us in a very good mood here at the FSG offices. So we thought we’d celebrate by giving away a few sets of custom “Troop of One” Girl Scout badges. Why? Tupelo Hassman can explain.  I have five sets to send out. Follow us and send us a message with your address; I’ll pick the winners at random on Monday March 5th. (Oh, and if you want to read Girlchild, here’s a couple chapters.)

“Ms. Hassman is such a poised storyteller that her prose practically struts. Her words are as elegant as they are fierce. A voice as fresh as hers is so rare that at times I caught myself cheering.”

That’s from a thrilling review of Tupelo Hassman’s Girlchild in today’s New York Times. As you can imagine, it put us in a very good mood here at the FSG offices. So we thought we’d celebrate by giving away a few sets of custom “Troop of One” Girl Scout badges. Why? Tupelo Hassman can explain. 

I have five sets to send out. Follow us and send us a message with your address; I’ll pick the winners at random on Monday March 5th.

(Oh, and if you want to read Girlchild, here’s a couple chapters.)

somethingoutofsomething: Finished books just arrived! Only two hours and twenty minutes until the contest is over. (And hats off to David Polonsky for cover art and Charlotte Strick for cover design.) Some nice-looking books right there.

somethingoutofsomething:

Finished books just arrived! Only two hours and twenty minutes until the contest is over. (And hats off to David Polonsky for cover art and Charlotte Strick for cover design.)

Some nice-looking books right there.

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Something out of Something: Only One DAY Left Until Contest Deadline

Tick tock. Tick tock…

somethingoutofsomething:

Four months ago, BOMB magazine and FSG Originals announced the Something out of Something art and design contest. And now we’re down to the final seven days. We’re looking for the best in any kind of visual art inspired by or incorporating the work of Etgar Keret. At stake?

  • $500
  • A chance to have your work appear in an Etgar Keret film or story.
  • Notoriety! Fame! Fortune! Groupies!
  • Finalists’ submissions will be sold at silent auction to benefit PEN American.
  • The contest’s media sponsor, Tumblr, will also be reviewing submissions with an eye for pieces that they might want to feature on the site’s Radar.

This is it. The final few hours. If, due to large volume, you have difficulty submitting to etgarkeret.designcontest@fsgbooks.com, shoot us an email here on tumblr to let us know.

somethingoutofsomething:   The piece, based on ”What, of this goldfish, would you wish?”, is a collaborative effort between  illustrator Jeff Grader and photographer Thom Barbour. Only three more days to submit your piece! Another great submission. Have you entered a Keret-inspired piece of art yet?

somethingoutofsomething:

 

The piece, based on ”What, of this goldfish, would you wish?”, is a collaborative effort between  illustrator Jeff Grader and photographer Thom Barbour. Only three more days to submit your piece!

Another great submission. Have you entered a Keret-inspired piece of art yet?

Seems like everything’s getting the minimalist design treatment lately, including children’s books.

Today’s theme: diamonds.

  • The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
  • In the Plex by Steven Levy
  • Why I Love Barthes by Alain Robbe-Grillet
  • Uncommon Sense by Gary S. Becker and Richard A. Posner
From the iconic book cover Hall of Fame, courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center. 

From the iconic book cover Hall of Fame, courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center. 

There’s something Day of the Jackal about this jacket. Stephen Dedalus, secret agent?

There’s something Day of the Jackal about this jacket. Stephen Dedalus, secret agent?

Today’s theme: trees.

  • In the Woods by Tana French
  • Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
  • Bow’s Boy by Richard Babcock
  • Street Haunting by Virginia Woolf
  • Songs of Kabir by Kabir
Is this the World’s Best Designed Newspaper? The Society for News Design thinks so.

Is this the World’s Best Designed Newspaper? The Society for News Design thinks so.

Nabokov on his 1944 book Nikolai Gogol: This little book has cost me more trouble than any other I have composed … I would like to see the Englishman who would write a book on Shakespeare in Russian.

Nabokov on his 1944 book Nikolai Gogol:

This little book has cost me more trouble than any other I have composed … I would like to see the Englishman who would write a book on Shakespeare in Russian.