The Biblio File: images of bookplates, for bibliophiles

David Levine on writers: Donald Hall

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: Steve Toltz

You never hear about a sportsman losing his sense of smell in a tragic accident, and for good reason; in order for the universe to teach excruciating lessons that we are unable to apply in later life, the sportsman must lose his legs, the philosopher his mind, the painter his eyes, the musician his ears, the chef his tongue.

A Fraction of the Whole

Steve Toltz

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

Louis Auchincloss  (1917)
Grazia Deledda  (1871)
William Empson  (1906)
Joyce Johnson  (1935)
Irvine Welsh  (1958)
Kay Ryan  (1945)

The Biblio File: images of bookmarks, for bibliophiles

And you read your Emily Dickinson
And I my Robert Frost
And we note our place with book markers
That measure what we've lost