The Biblio File: images of cover art, for bibliophiles

David Levine on writers: A.A. Milne

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: Boris Pasternak

On they went, singing "Eternal Memory," and whenever they stopped, the sound of their feet, the horses and the gusts of wind seemed to carry on their singing.

Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on November 3

William Cullen Bryant  (1794)

André Malraux  (1901)
Terrence McNally  (1939)
Joe Queenan  (1950)

 

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

The Silver Unicorn Bookstore, Acton, Massachusetts

David Levine on writers: J.D. Salinger

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.