On another topic, I'd absolutely read a deep dive into the cover art of '90s ('80s?) Vintage Contemporaries Paperbacks. I have a bunch of Raymond Carver and Richard Ford ones I picked up in second hand shops. I can't totally describe the cover art aesthetic, but it's bright and weird and cheesy in a way I find delightful.
thanks, buddy. <3
On another topic, I'd absolutely read a deep dive into the cover art of '90s ('80s?) Vintage Contemporaries Paperbacks. I have a bunch of Raymond Carver and Richard Ford ones I picked up in second hand shops. I can't totally describe the cover art aesthetic, but it's bright and weird and cheesy in a way I find delightful.
This is the magna carta on the topic: https://talkingcovers.com/2012/09/12/vintage-contemporaries/
And I wrote this essay on them: https://longreads.com/2017/10/20/judging-books-by-their-covers/