{"id":12757,"date":"2011-03-11T16:06:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T21:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=12757"},"modified":"2011-03-12T00:11:40","modified_gmt":"2011-03-12T05:11:40","slug":"charlotte-strick-talks-to-the-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/11\/charlotte-strick-talks-to-the-atlantic\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Strick Talks to \u2018The Atlantic\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our wonderful art editor Charlotte Strick took some time <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/life\/archive\/2011\/03\/a-conversation-with-charlotte-strick-book-jacket-designer\/72338\/\">to talk<\/a> to <em>The Atlantic<\/em> about her work as a graphic designer:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s a design trend that you wish would go away? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not so much a design \u201ctrend\u201d: the lack of quality in trade book publishing. 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