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The Tiny Bookstore, Rockport, Maine

David Levine on writers: Michael Crichton

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: Katherine Swift

Some people watch birds. I watch clouds.

The Morville Hours

Katherine Swift

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on September 14

Geraldine Brooks  (1955) 
Robert McCloskey  (1914)
Hamlin Garland  (1860) 
Kate Millett  (1934)
Francisco de Quevedo  (1580)
Justin Richards  (1961) 
John Steptoe  (1950)
 

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