This week we visit with Nathaniel Roy in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Nathaniel Roy is a book designer, collage maker, photo taker, self-publisher, and a few other things.

He's a graphic designer who specializes in book design, but for the right cause, he'll design just about anything. He's keenly interested in local, independent, and non-profit projects and is currently an in-house designer at the Ann Arbor District Library and available for freelance opportunities. His clients include Simon & Schuster, W. W. Norton, Wayne State University Press, University of Texas Press, Penn State University Press, Minnesota Historical Society Press.

HIRE THIS GUY: nathanielroy.com

Nate's Books on the Bed:

The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

The Dark Interval: Letters on Loss, Grief, and Transformation by Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher

Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding... Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis by Sam Anderson

Matt's Gifts for Nate:

The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life by Helen Whybrow

American Bulk by Emily Mester

A History of Half-Birds by Caroline Harper New