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From How to Be Perfect: An Illustrated Guide, with words by Ron Padgett and illustrations by Jason Novak. The book was published this month by Coffee House Press. Padgett's 2011 book, How Long, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry. Jason Novak's illustrations have appeared in the New Yorker, the Paris Review, and on this website.

From How to Be Perfect: An Illustrated Guide, with words by Ron Padgett and illustrations by Jason Novak. The book was published this month by Coffee House Press. Padgett’s 2011 book, How Long, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry. Jason Novak’s illustrations have appeared in the New Yorker, the Paris Review, and on this website.

Novak-Perfect-1Novak-Perfect-2Novak-Perfect-3Novak-Perfect-4Illustrations © Jason Novak.

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