The Writer's Map

The Writer's MapMaps can transport us, they are filled with wonder, the possibility of real adventure and travels of the mind. This is an atlas of the journeys that writers make, encompassing not only the maps that actually appear in their books, but also the many maps that have inspired them and the sketches that they use in writing. For some, making a map is absolutely central to the craft of shaping and telling their tale.

"There's a definite idea about the world being no longer habitable in the way that it was

Keith Haring and Laurie Anderson)

plus a Storm Thorgerson short film

But law is not a thing of the past

Kali Uchis

A key element of Jazz on a Summer’s Day

But in their efforts to save their child

or too early

two boxers were paid five million dollars apiece to confront each other in an epic match

and from sporting glory to a glittering awards night

Designers are often asked to evoke styles from the past

riveting history—it is also a divided nation