The Clothing of BooksBy: Jhumpa Lahiri A deeply personal reflection from the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Namesake that explores the art of the book jacket from the perspectives of both reader and writer. How do you clothe a book? Probing the complex relationships between text and image, author and designer, and art and commerce, Lahiri delves into the role of the uniform; explains what book jackets and design have come to mean to her; and how, sometimes, the