The Biblio File: images of N.E. bookstores, for bibliophiles

House of Books, Kemt, Connecticut

David Levine on writers: Anthony Powell

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: James Crumley

When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint just outside of Sonoma, California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring afternoon.

The Last Good Kiss 

James Crumley

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on April 7

Donald Barthelme  (1931) 

Gabriela Mistral  (1889) 

William Wordsworth  (1770)

 

The Biblio File: images of bookplates, for bibliophiles

David Levine on writers: Barbara Tuchman

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: D.H. Lawrence

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

D.H. Lawrence

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on April 6

Graeme Base  (1958) 

Robert Coates  (1897)