Galison's Writing is Wonderful Classic Journal is an attractive blank book. The debossed Franz Kafka quotation on the front cover reads "Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward". Gregor Samsa could easily have written his thoughts in such an attractive journal! And perhpas he would smile at the Hans Christian Andersen quote on the endpaper: "My life is a lovely story happy and full of incident."

A faux-label on the spine urges the user to "Write Every Day". The cheerful red decorative covers, useful green fabric place mark, and grain embossed texture makes this journal a pleasure to hold and to use.