What We See When We Read

An interview with book cover artist Peter Mendelsund on how we uniquely visualize the written word

From nothing but an assembling of letters on a page—strung together into words and sentences—readers craft fragmented visions. This visualization can be powerful enough to illicit the strongest emotions and reactions, experiences in other worlds, deep love for characters. Reading is unlike any other experience, and whether or not we are aware, we see things when we read. Peter Mendelsund, one of the most acclaimed …

Josh Cochran’s New York

The Big Apple viewed through the eyes of an illustrator results in a colorful panoramic children's book

Readers have probably seen the work of illustrator Josh Cochran before without even knowing it—from album covers to TIME magazine, the New York Times to the wallpaper inside room 1017 at Manhattan’s Ace Hotel. Cochran’s most recent endeavor is his first children’s book—”Inside and Out: New York”—that depicts the hubbub of New York City to the backdrop of its iconic landmarks and neighborhoods, beginning with …

Easy Keys Creation Myths: The Story of Beer

A distrubingly wild fictional adventure of animals, revelry and consumption

Easy Keys‘ new book “The Story of Beer” is a rollicking tale in which readers will find a giant banjo-playing bear clad in white briefs and sporting deer antlers. His name is BEER. Billed as a translation by Aimee Theirot, from an original story told by Beauford “T-Hawk” Arceneaux (neither may be real people), the narration of the book feels as if one were sat …