Bookshelf porn: Totally safe for work, except for the fact that it will keep you from doing your job.
A fascinating look at famous authors’ personal libraries.
Behold the Hipster-Literary-Bro continuum. But guys, it’s Ginsberg, not Ginsburg.
Check out Jack Kerouac’s letter asking Marlon Brando to not only make a movie version of On the Road but also to costar with him. (Hipster approaches Bro and is shot down.)
Artist Guy Laramee “transforms the edges of vintage books, dictionaries and encyclopedias into mountainous glacial landscapes, plateaus, and deep valleys along with detailed painted illustrations.”
Great works of art inspired by great works of literature, including a personal favorite—paper artist Su Blackwell.
Warning: Some books were harmed (okay, repurposed) in the making of this creative furniture and art.
Some crafty book-lovers are making everything from iPhone/iPod docks to hollow book safes and flask holders to three-dimensional letters and words.
