The Biblio File: images of bookplates, for bibliophiles

David Levine on writers: André Gide

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

Rhymes with Orange

First Lines: Benjamin Taylor

He sneezed four times, always four, like everybody on the maternal side.

The Book of Getting Even

Benjamin Taylor

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on September 6

Joshua Cohen  (1980)
Jennifer Egan  (1962)

Julien Green  (1900)
Robert Pirsig  (1928)
Alice Sebold  (1963)
Fanny Wright  (1795)

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