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Royal River Books, Yarmouth, Maine

David Levine on writers: Samuel Johnson

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: Arthur Koestler

The cell door slammed behind Rubashov.

Darkness at Noon

Arthur Koestler

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on October 5

Clive Barker  (1952)
Marie-Claire Blais  (1939) 
Helen Churchill Candee  (1858)
Denis Diderot  (1713) 
Louise Fitzhugh  (1928)
Václav Havel  (1936)
Edward P. Jones  (1951)
Flann O'Brien  (1911) 
Neil deGrasse Tyson  (1958)
 

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