photo of the cover of w.e.b. du bois’ souls of black folk, which is a dark black or blue book with gold lettering
#4 w.e.b. du bois’ *the souls of black folk: essays and sketches* (1903) is bluesy. it was published on 18 april 1903 by a.c. mcclurg & co. (white) interestingly, burghardt is spelled out on the title page. did souls originally have a dustjacket? #blackstudies #paratext @librarycongress.bsky.social
photo of cover of small thin bronze-colored book titled bronze by georgia douglas johnson
#3 georgia douglas johnson’s *bronze* (1922) is golden. held it in rare book & spec coll div @librarycongress.bsky.social gifted by anna evans murray in 1929. cover inc drawing of #johnson encircled w/ names of other writers. johnson wrote author’s note & #dubois wrote intro. #blackstudies #paratext
photo of the cover of tonight's morrison's book, *Song of Solomon*
toni morrison's *song of solomon* (1977) is flightful. the wings symbolize that we could (& can) fly. oh, the title #typography! look at width/length of the s's. how the o's are cradled in "solomon". how "l" leads to "t" in "toni". the #tictactoe of the o's. #paratext #bookclubedition #blackstudies
In today’s article: “A sea of islands, a sea of crime: island crime fiction in the Aegean Sea”, Ralph Crane explores ideas of ‘#islandness’ in English-language #crime fction with a particular focus on the functions of non-textual #paratext. ➡️ bit.ly/4qG655g.
#ICYMI The latest issue of #QuakerStudies is one for #EarlyModern and #BookHistory folks - Judith Roads article 'An Exploration of Seventeenth-Century #Quaker Printed Title Pages as #Paratext' https://doi.org/10.3828/quaker.2023.28.1.6
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