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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

The Biblio File: images of N.E. libraries, for bibliophiles

 

Roger Williams University Library, Bristol, Rhode Issland

David Levine on writers: D.H. Lawrence

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

Non Sequitur

First Lines: Flannery O'Connor


Besides the neutral expression she wore when she was alone, Mrs. Freeman had two others, forward and reverse, that she used for all her human dealings.

Good Country People (from A Good Man is Hard to Find)
Flannery O’Connor

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on September 16



Julia Donaldson  (1948)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  (1950)
John Gay  (1685)
Justin Haythe  (1973)
Nancy Huston  (1953) 
John Knowles  (1926)
Francis Parkman  (1823) 
H. A. Rey  (1898)
Frans Eemil Sillanpaa  (1888)