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  • Horizontal promotional banner for "Take This for the Pain: Essays on Writing and Life" by Alex Boyd, published by Open Book. The banner uses a split composition with a dark brown panel on the left and cream-toned imagery on the right. The left panel features white text reading "Excerpt from" followed by the title "Take this for the Pain" in large cream-colored serif type, with "by Alex Boyd" below in white, and "ESSAYS ON WRITING AND LIFE" in smaller italicized cream text. The Open Book publisher logo (stylized "ob" in white) appears at bottom left with "OPEN BOOK" beneath it. The right side shows a black and white portrait of author Alex Boyd in three-quarter profile, gazing thoughtfully to the left, wearing a light button-down shirt. Behind him, the cream background includes a partial prescription pad in the upper right corner and a detailed line drawing of an anatomical brain in the lower right—both visual elements echoing the book cover design. The overall palette is warm and muted, blending clinical medical imagery with literary sophistication.
    Horizontal promotional banner for "Take This for the Pain: Essays on Writing and Life" by Alex Boyd, published by Open Book. The banner uses a split composition with a dark brown panel on the left and cream-toned imagery on the right. The left panel features white text reading "Excerpt from" followed by the title "Take this for the Pain" in large cream-colored serif type, with "by Alex Boyd" below in white, and "ESSAYS ON WRITING AND LIFE" in smaller italicized cream text. The Open Book publisher logo (stylized "ob" in white) appears at bottom left with "OPEN BOOK" beneath it. The right side shows a black and white portrait of author Alex Boyd in three-quarter profile, gazing thoughtfully to the left, wearing a light button-down shirt. Behind him, the cream background includes a partial prescription pad in the upper right corner and a detailed line drawing of an anatomical brain in the lower right—both visual elements echoing the book cover design. The overall palette is warm and muted, blending clinical medical imagery with literary sophistication.
    9 hours ago

    Read an Excerpt from TAKE THIS FOR THE PAIN, the Fascinating New Essay Collection by Alex Boyd

    Art has a way of turning up in unexpected places, and Take this for the Pain (Palimpsest Press) follows those moments wherever they lead. Drawing on twenty-five years of essays, reviews, and criticism, ...

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