The Biblio File: images of bookplates, for bibliophiles

David Levine on writers: Cesare Pavese

David Levine (1926-2009) was one of America’s most prominent illustrators during a career that spanned decades. No less an authority than Jules Feiffer described him as "the greatest caricaturist of the last half of the 20th century,” although Levine continued to work in the early years of this century as well. Levine’s subjects included himself (above) and people from many walks of life. Authors, scribes and scribblers were a big part of the mix, as these caricatures make clear.  

Lit Toons: Cartoons with a bookish bent

Macanudo

First Lines: Lisa Grunwald

By the time Henry House was four months old, a copy of his picture was being carried in the pocketbooks of seven different women, each of whom called him her son.

The Irresistible Henry House

Lisa Grunwald

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on March 23

Louis Adamic  (1899)
Ama Ata Aidoo  (1942)
 Josef Capek  (1887)
Mitch Cullin  (1968) 
Winston Francis Groom  (1943)
Roger Martin du Gard  (1881) 
Kim Stanley Robinson  (1952) 
Steven Saylor  (1956) 
Gary Whitehead  (1965)
 

The Biblio File: images of bookmarks, for bibliophiles

David Levine on writers: Charles Dickens

David Levine (1926-2009) was one of America’s most prominent illustrators during a career that spanned decades. No less an authority than Jules Feiffer described him as "the greatest caricaturist of the last half of the 20th century,” although Levine continued to work in the early years of this century as well. Levine’s subjects included himself (above) and people from many walks of life. Authors, scribes and scribblers were a big part of the mix, as these caricatures make clear.

Lit Toons: Cartoons with a bookish bent

 

First Lines: Arthur C. Clarke

The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended.

2011: A Space Odyssey

Arthur C. Clarke

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on March 22

Houston A. Baker Jr.  (1943)
Billy Collins  (1941) 
Louis L’Amour  (1908)
Nicholas Monsarrat  (1910) 
James Patterson  (1947) 
Gabrielle Roy  (1909)