Shelf Lives, from drawing diva Angel Jiang, explores the deeper facets of a person’s personality in a way that Harry Potter sorting quizzes never really could. These are real Columbians, so yes, someone around you has a whole shelf of Chuck Palahniuk. Send a picture of your shelf, your friend’s collection of vintage magazines, or your […]

Last spring, Bwog posted about matching people’s bookshelves to their personalities/”super intensive literary questions.” Now, Shelf Lives is pulling a New Testament and is being resurrected with the help of Amazing Artist Angel Jiang, who has faithfully depicted the bookshelves of Columbia students. Submit a picture of yours or a friend’s to tips@bwog.com.

You know you’ve done it– walked into a dorm only to wince at shelf bereft except for core texts, felt an instant kinship with someone after glancing at their dog-eared copy of Infinite Jest, or discovered a friend’s closet nerd when confronted with a ledge full of Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings books. In our […]