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David Levine on writers: Norman Manea

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: Kim Edwards

The snow started to fall several hours before her labor began.

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter

Kim Edwards

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on April 27

Ludwig Bemelmans  (1898)
John Burningham  (1936)
Cecil Day-Lewis  (1904) 
Jessie Redman Fauset  (1882)

Edward Gibbon  (1737)

Patricia Lockwood  (1982) 

August Wilson  (1945) 

Mary Wollstonecraft  (1759)

 

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