The Book Design Review Blog has a nice posting on the recent "Great Loves" series from Penguin. There's also a nice posting on Penguin's blog from the cover designer, describing the process of making the art for the cover at right.--David E

Salon.com has a good article today reviewing two books about crystal meth. Frank Owen's No Speed Limit: Meth Across America takes a reportorial look at the drug and its users. James Salant's memoir Leaving Dirty Jersey is an insider's view, which salon.com calls "a book with the terrifying energy and harsh, overlit violence of a … Continue reading Crank It Up

Jack Kerouac's On the Road celebrates its fiftieth anniversary today. This is a book that caused the biggest argument in the history of a very combative book club I was in several years ago. Some of us loved it; some of us didn't. I'll just say that for OtR lovers, there's a plethora of web … Continue reading On the Road Again