February 3rd, 2010 / 12:59 pm
Behind the Scenes

Two New Covers

Two excellent new covers for two books I am really looking forward to this year:

Patrick Somerville’s The Universe in Miniature in Miniature, from Featherproof Books Fall 2010, design by Zach Dodson

(which was just announced as a Featherproof title I think yesterday, on the heels of his smash The Cradle, and while you’re at it, take a look at the covers for Christian Tebordo’s The Awful Possibilities and Lindsay Hunter’s Daddy’s, (Daddy’s? wow), which are both also damn beautiful and exiting)

Tao Lin’s Richard Yates, from Melville House 9/7/10, photography by Michael Northrup

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63 Comments

  1. thomas

      i want to build that model right now

  2. thomas

      i want to build that model right now

  3. Amber

      I loved the Somerville title story in American Short Fiction–can’t wait for the book. Great cover.

  4. Amber

      I loved the Somerville title story in American Short Fiction–can’t wait for the book. Great cover.

  5. Schylur Prinz
  6. Schylur Prinz
  7. David

      Yes and double yes.

  8. David

      Yes and double yes.

  9. Peter Hook

      Why doesn’t Melville House just bite the bullet and re-plume: Tao Lin House. Tao Lin Nation!

  10. Peter Hook

      Why doesn’t Melville House just bite the bullet and re-plume: Tao Lin House. Tao Lin Nation!

  11. Ryan Call
  12. Ryan Call
  13. Shya

      Wow. Tao has a lot of pseudonyms.

  14. Shya

      Wow. Tao has a lot of pseudonyms.

  15. Justin Taylor

      I’m mixed on Tao’s cover. I like the image but I’m not sold on the rest of the design. It kind of looks, actually, like a major press book trying to imitate an indie-press one. Classic vaguely-hip-dude-with-something-that’s-not-a-face-where-his-face-should-be. So I don’t know… Zachary German’s cover looks great, btw. Can we get a shot of that up?

  16. Justin Taylor

      I’m mixed on Tao’s cover. I like the image but I’m not sold on the rest of the design. It kind of looks, actually, like a major press book trying to imitate an indie-press one. Classic vaguely-hip-dude-with-something-that’s-not-a-face-where-his-face-should-be. So I don’t know… Zachary German’s cover looks great, btw. Can we get a shot of that up?

  17. Blake Butler

      German interview coming soon.

  18. Ryan Call

      he is very prolific

  19. Blake Butler

      German interview coming soon.

  20. Ryan Call

      he is very prolific

  21. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      That Somerville cover is gorgeous.

      I’m crazy excited about Lindsay’s book.

  22. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      That Somerville cover is gorgeous.

      I’m crazy excited about Lindsay’s book.

  23. zachary german
  24. mike
  25. zachary german
  26. mike
  27. Nick

      Love these covers, especially the first. Only a hunchback could hate them.

  28. Nick

      Love these covers, especially the first. Only a hunchback could hate them.

  29. Ricky Garni

      One question, out of curiosity: Do you have to seek permission from the estate of an author to use his name for a collection of fiction? Could I write a book called, say, DAVID FOSTER WALLACE and have it published and distributed with contacting anyone? Not that I would or want to. Just curious.

  30. Ricky Garni

      One question, out of curiosity: Do you have to seek permission from the estate of an author to use his name for a collection of fiction? Could I write a book called, say, DAVID FOSTER WALLACE and have it published and distributed with contacting anyone? Not that I would or want to. Just curious.

  31. Patrick Somerville

      Zach at featherproof completely blew my mind with that cover. I hadn’t seen that Wilson cover, though. I’m betting he hasn’t, either. Oh, good ideas.

  32. Patrick Somerville

      Zach at featherproof completely blew my mind with that cover. I hadn’t seen that Wilson cover, though. I’m betting he hasn’t, either. Oh, good ideas.

  33. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      …It looks like Lindsay Hunter’s isn’t actually the cover, it will be an object, the collection will somehow literally be presented in the form of a package of cigarettes.

  34. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      …It looks like Lindsay Hunter’s isn’t actually the cover, it will be an object, the collection will somehow literally be presented in the form of a package of cigarettes.

  35. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      I’d imagine making his name bigger than the title is deliberate, but it kinda looks like a mistake.

  36. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      I’d imagine making his name bigger than the title is deliberate, but it kinda looks like a mistake.

  37. David

      I reckon, given the title of this and who it refers to, everything about this works really great. the whole major-press indie-imitation feel to it is really perfectly tao, enjambs both in a really lurid, captivating way and is totally in keeping with his earnest irony and deadpan deflationism.

  38. David

      I reckon, given the title of this and who it refers to, everything about this works really great. the whole major-press indie-imitation feel to it is really perfectly tao, enjambs both in a really lurid, captivating way and is totally in keeping with his earnest irony and deadpan deflationism.

  39. CATHARTICA

      Hey, I’ve got some old cassettes I’m giving away. Let’s see…there’s some Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Bjork, and some other stuff I can’t remember right now. If anyone wants to give me a mailing address I can send you a whole box of cassettes. Some of them are just stuff I’ve recorded–you know–mix tapes and whatnot. Oh yeah, there’s a tape by a German band called Fury in the Slaughterhouse that’s pretty good. They have since disbanded but one of the members went on to become a doctor. There’s also some B Tribe, whose music is quite beautiful. So if you’re interested, please send me a mailing address to sapporro1@gmail.com

      Thanks!

  40. CATHARTICA

      Hey, I’ve got some old cassettes I’m giving away. Let’s see…there’s some Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Bjork, and some other stuff I can’t remember right now. If anyone wants to give me a mailing address I can send you a whole box of cassettes. Some of them are just stuff I’ve recorded–you know–mix tapes and whatnot. Oh yeah, there’s a tape by a German band called Fury in the Slaughterhouse that’s pretty good. They have since disbanded but one of the members went on to become a doctor. There’s also some B Tribe, whose music is quite beautiful. So if you’re interested, please send me a mailing address to sapporro1@gmail.com

      Thanks!

  41. Stu

      I like the cover for Tao Lin’s book. For some reason, though, I think Mars Volta when I look at it.

  42. Stu

      I like the cover for Tao Lin’s book. For some reason, though, I think Mars Volta when I look at it.

  43. Stu

      I think you’re confusing Melville House for Muumuu House.

  44. Stu

      I think you’re confusing Melville House for Muumuu House.

  45. Roxane

      I loved that story too, Amber. So much greatness.

  46. Roxane

      I loved that story too, Amber. So much greatness.

  47. Michael Filippone

      According to the copyright and trademarks courses I’ve taken in school, it’s perfectly allowed, especially since you are not making a statement about the person, but simply stating their name. There’d be no case against you. So let’s see that book.

  48. Michael Filippone

      According to the copyright and trademarks courses I’ve taken in school, it’s perfectly allowed, especially since you are not making a statement about the person, but simply stating their name. There’d be no case against you. So let’s see that book.

  49. Glen Binger

      it does look like an awesome model.

  50. Glen Binger

      it does look like an awesome model.

  51. Richard

      for real? i loved the look of it, but are you saying it’s like 12 tiny scrolls all with stories on them or something? wow, that zach guy continues to blow my mind – very excited for lindsay, and this list of featherproofs

  52. Richard

      for real? i loved the look of it, but are you saying it’s like 12 tiny scrolls all with stories on them or something? wow, that zach guy continues to blow my mind – very excited for lindsay, and this list of featherproofs

  53. Edward

      Suck a dick Stu

  54. Edward

      Suck a dick Stu

  55. anon

      shut the fuck up stu

  56. anon

      shut the fuck up stu

  57. reynard

      i’m glad to see you guys were on top of that one

  58. reynard

      i’m glad to see you guys were on top of that one

  59. ZZZZIPP

      REYNARD WE’RE HANGING OUT HERE A MONTH AGO

      THIS IS REALLY WILD

  60. ZZZZIPP

      REYNARD WE’RE HANGING OUT HERE A MONTH AGO

      THIS IS REALLY WILD

  61. reynard

      surrealism is really in right now

  62. reynard

      surrealism is really in right now

  63. zusya

      no it is.