For over 15 years and through some 425 books, we have been proud to feature Katy Homans’s clean and modern design on NYRB Classics covers. Whether poetry, nonfiction, or novel, all the books in the series sported Erik Spiekermann‘s 90s-era “anti-Helvetica” typeface, Meta. But just as Meta is a relic of the Clinton era, and we have said goodbye to the Clintons, so the moment has come to say farewell to our iconic design. It’s time to get with the times. For a book to feel current and forward thinking, nothing but hand-lettered type will do, the brushier the better. Herewith we reveal to you the first of our books to get the new-and-improved treatment. Each publishing season will feature the work of a different letterer and we kick off with the work of Lucas Adams, a talented young artist who just happens to be a co-editor of the newly launched New York Review Comics series.



We think you’ll like what you see. We know we love it!

