# The Thing The Book

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- Authors: [Will Rogan](https://www.bookquiver.com/will-rogan), [John Herschend](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-herschend)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2014-09-23

## Description

What exactly is a book? This wildly inventive and thought-provoking volume asks that question of more than 30 of today's top creative visionaries, from Ed Ruscha to Miranda July, John Baldessari to Jonathan Lethem. Each traditional element of a book—from endpapers to footnotes—is assigned to a different artist or writer invited to use the space as a creative playground. The result is a collaborative group art project like no other. A ribbon bookmark by David Shrigley, page numbers by Tauba Auerbach, endnotes by Rick Moody—each contribution surprising and brilliant. This one-of-a-kind book will entrance anyone who appreciates art, literature, and the surprising possibilities that emerge when the two collide.

## Editions

### The Thing The Book

- Publisher: chroniclebooks
- ISBN: 978-14-5211-720-1
- Pages: 156
- Published: 2014-09-23
- Language: en_US