I feel so seen. Reilly, thank you for naming the ugly, essential truth of loving books and caring about aesthetics too. one of my ugly essentials is Ernie's America: The Best of Ernie Pyle's 1930's Travel Dispatches. when my sister gave it me ages ago, I think I winced on seeing the “so bad maybe it’s good?” cover, having never heard of the Pulitzer winning war reporter before (pictured in b&w on a red background wearing a newsman’s fedora and raincoat). once i started reading his tales of regular folks across the country living through Depression, the cover didn’t matter. I recommend this book highly! except when it comes to shelving it :)
I feel so seen. Reilly, thank you for naming the ugly, essential truth of loving books and caring about aesthetics too. one of my ugly essentials is Ernie's America: The Best of Ernie Pyle's 1930's Travel Dispatches. when my sister gave it me ages ago, I think I winced on seeing the “so bad maybe it’s good?” cover, having never heard of the Pulitzer winning war reporter before (pictured in b&w on a red background wearing a newsman’s fedora and raincoat). once i started reading his tales of regular folks across the country living through Depression, the cover didn’t matter. I recommend this book highly! except when it comes to shelving it :)