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Tom Gauld

David Levine on writers: Samuel Butler

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: Marilynne Robinson

I told you last night that I might be gone sometime, and you said, Where and I said, To be with the Good Lord, and you said, Why, and I said, Because I'm old, and you said, I don't think you're old.

Gilead

Marilynne Robinson

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

J. P. Donleavy  (1926)
Victoria Glendinning  (1937)
Charles R. Johnson  (1948)
Halldor Laxness  (1902)
Edwin Markham  (1852)
Ngaio Marsh  (1895)
 

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