{"id":5169,"date":"2020-08-23T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T06:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5169"},"modified":"2020-08-24T08:04:02","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T14:04:02","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-705-featuring-temi-coker-alexis-franklin-omar-t-pasha-and-jenna-stempel-lobell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5169","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #705: Featuring Temi Coker, Alexis Franklin, Omar T. Pasha, and Jenna Stempel-Lobell"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nI know I regularly post here at 7-Imp about picture books and illustration, but sometimes I see a book cover that blows me away. In this case, it’s the cover art (pictured above) for the YA novel Punching the Air<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, written by Ibi Zoboi<\/a><\/strong> and Yusef Salaam<\/a><\/strong> and coming to shelves next month. I read an early copy, and it’s a beautifully crafted and compelling story. <\/p>\n

How about that cover art, right? See below to take in the whole package, the cover with its lettering. The jacket art is by Temi Coker<\/a><\/strong>; the portrait is by Alexis Franklin<\/a><\/strong>; and the jacket design and lettering is by Jenna Stempel-Lobell<\/a><\/strong>. (I highly recommend following all of them on Instagram \u2014 respectively, @temi.coker<\/a><\/strong>; @alexis_art<\/a><\/strong>; and @jstempellobell<\/a><\/strong>. I don’t know about you all, but that’s my primary reason for being over at Instagram \u2014 to see art.) <\/p>\n


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\nHere’s a vide of the cover creation:
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