{"id":36621,"date":"2012-08-03T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=36621"},"modified":"2012-08-03T07:44:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T11:44:26","slug":"judging-books-by-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/03\/judging-books-by-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"Judging Books by Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/spinepoetry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/spinepoetry.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spinepoetry\" width=\"600\" height=\"405\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/spinepoetry.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/spinepoetry-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artfagcity.com\/2012\/08\/01\/nina-katchadourians-book-spine-poetry\/\" target=\"_blank\">book-spine poetry <\/a>of Nina Katchadourian.<\/li>\n<li>An appreciation of the work of influential French book designer <a href=\"http:\/\/observatory.designobserver.com\/feature\/pierre-faucheux-and-le-livre-de-poche\/35318\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pierre Faucheux<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2012\/08\/philip-k-dicks-messy-mindbending-cinematic-legacy\/260621\/\" target=\"_blank\">Philip K. Dick in film<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>In 1998, Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli made a trailer for a remake of Gore Vidal\u2019s <em>Caligula<\/em>. Watch it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.traileraddict.com\/trailer\/trailer-remake-gore-vidals-caligula\/short\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Introducing the <a href=\"http:\/\/htmlgiant.com\/reviews\/the-new-york-review-of-tweets-vol-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York Review of Tweets<\/a>. <\/li>\n<p>[tweetbutton]<\/p>\n<p>[facebook_ilike]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The book-spine poetry of Nina Katchadourian. An appreciation of the work of influential French book designer Pierre Faucheux. Philip K. Dick in film. In 1998, Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli made a trailer for a remake of Gore Vidal\u2019s Caligula. Watch it here. Introducing the New York Review of Tweets. 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