Author Archives: ariane

Another book from this summer is now at press: Cheyenne War: Indian Raids on the Roads to Denver, 1804-1869, by Jeff Broome. Here’s a quote from a reviewer, John D. McDermott, whose book Red Cloud’s War: The Bozeman Trail, 1866–1868, … Continue reading →

From the Guardian, Neil Gaiman on libraries and literacy: Literacy is more important than ever it was, in this world of text and email, a world of written information.

Check out the art on the trimmed edge of this book! I’m working on the details of a fancy limited edition, but we are not going quite this far.

Good typography uses smart quotes, not dumb quotes.

I’ve been working on three dust jackets in the last month, very fun! Here are two of them; the third is about a month out from completion. The first is for a reprint of a book that is out of … Continue reading →

It’s hard to tell here, but this cover is a deep eggplant color. It pairs really well with the warm brown of the foreground of this bison image from the Library of Congress, and it’s a nice change of pace–OJ … Continue reading →

Here’s a fun take on indexing: an album!

The winter issue of Overland Journal has just gone to the mailing house. The cover, though, is a bright, chartreuse-y green, brighter than anything I’ve done before but perfectly suited to the spring season.

From an oldie from Salon sent to me by Bob Clark: The art of editing is running against the cultural tide. We are in an age of volume; editing is about refinement. It’s about getting deeper into a piece, its … Continue reading →