Literature
My editor at Continuum just sent me a proof of my book cover, and I'm very pleased with how it turned out:
I love the play of curves and angles, and the solitary traveler waiting to fly. We don't know how long he has been there, or when (or if) he will ever depart. He looks like he is reading, or writing?or maybe nodding off. One of my chapters deals with the uncertain phenomenology of airport waiting, and how this experience appears in dozens of American literary passages; the chapter is called "Ecology in Waiting."
- Books As Objects In The World
My colleague and great friend Mark Yakich's new book comes out this month; it's called Poetry: A Survivor's Guide and it is wonderful: One small thing I love about it is that it includes a few of Mark's drawings; another...
- Waiting For Books In Transit
Somewhere outside of New York two boxes of books sit on a truck, or in an airplane hold, in transit. Perhaps they are at the bottom of a stack of other boxes, pressed down upon, suffocating. Or maybe they rest happily at the top, or somewhere indifferently...
- New Book Cover
I'm really pleased to show off the slightly modified cover for the paperback edition of my book, which will be out in a month or so! The book has been re-branded by Bloomsbury, at I'm very happy with how they tweaked the cover for their imprint....
- Deconstructing Brad Pitt Cover Concepts
Look at these lovely cover concepts for the Brad Pitt book! These concepts are by the brilliant Nancy Bernardo, who also designed the award winning cover of the now rare Checking In / Checking Out. My partner remarked on the 'architectural'...
- Strange Plane Events
My colleague Mark Yakich and I have posted several excerpts from our current book project on flight. The book is a collaborative travel memoir of sorts that moves between two narratives: Mark's fear of flying, and my experiences working at an airport...
Literature
Book Cover
My editor at Continuum just sent me a proof of my book cover, and I'm very pleased with how it turned out:
I love the play of curves and angles, and the solitary traveler waiting to fly. We don't know how long he has been there, or when (or if) he will ever depart. He looks like he is reading, or writing?or maybe nodding off. One of my chapters deals with the uncertain phenomenology of airport waiting, and how this experience appears in dozens of American literary passages; the chapter is called "Ecology in Waiting."
- Books As Objects In The World
My colleague and great friend Mark Yakich's new book comes out this month; it's called Poetry: A Survivor's Guide and it is wonderful: One small thing I love about it is that it includes a few of Mark's drawings; another...
- Waiting For Books In Transit
Somewhere outside of New York two boxes of books sit on a truck, or in an airplane hold, in transit. Perhaps they are at the bottom of a stack of other boxes, pressed down upon, suffocating. Or maybe they rest happily at the top, or somewhere indifferently...
- New Book Cover
I'm really pleased to show off the slightly modified cover for the paperback edition of my book, which will be out in a month or so! The book has been re-branded by Bloomsbury, at I'm very happy with how they tweaked the cover for their imprint....
- Deconstructing Brad Pitt Cover Concepts
Look at these lovely cover concepts for the Brad Pitt book! These concepts are by the brilliant Nancy Bernardo, who also designed the award winning cover of the now rare Checking In / Checking Out. My partner remarked on the 'architectural'...
- Strange Plane Events
My colleague Mark Yakich and I have posted several excerpts from our current book project on flight. The book is a collaborative travel memoir of sorts that moves between two narratives: Mark's fear of flying, and my experiences working at an airport...