This is a continuation of my last post about “The Art of Book” at the 92nd Y.

(Photo courtesy of Chaim Jaskoll/Mittelmitte Photography)
After the three presentations, all four superstar designers came back on stage to answer some questions from the audience. Two questions stood out for me. One is about which book cover (current [...]

Who knew book designers can be so funny? Not I. “The Art of Book” lecture at the 92nd Y last week was most entertaining. The topic of the lecture is a bit misleading. The ‘art’ or ‘design’ of a book is much more than just the cover - there is also [...]

From Junk English, by Ken Smith: “Focus on is by far the most capacious stuffing phrase in modern American Idiom. It has been substituting, incorrectly, for many words and phrases.”
Examples - discuss (Let’s focus on that issue), keep in mind (The latter figure is the one the administration wants us to focus on), satisfy [...]

I’ve been receiving a lot of mail lately asking for donation. I’m a bit annoyed at the volume of the mail (who sold my name and contact information?), and found some of the mail unprofessional - giving me gifts so I’d feel guilty to have to donate. I’d rather have receive some mail [...]