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New Bedford Free Public Library, New Bedford, Massachusetts

David Levine on writers: Elmore Leonard

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

Peanuts

First Lines: Ralph Ellison

I am an invisible man.

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on August 18

Brian Aldiss  (1925)
Paula Danziger  (1944)
Margaret Murie  (1902)
Nettie Palmer  (1885)

 

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