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Bellabooks, Belfast, Maine

David Levine on writers: Émile Zola

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

Mutts

First Lines: Sam Thomas

The crowd cried out for the witch’s blood, and the hangman obliged.

The Witch Hunter’s Tale

Sam Thomas

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on June 28

Eric Ambler  (1909)
Mark Helprin  (1947)
Luigi Pirandello  (1867)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau  (1712)

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