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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

The Biblio File: images of publishers, for bibliophiles

The History Press

David Levine on writers: Robert Pirsig

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: Kurt Vonnegut


All this happened, more or less.

Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on April 15



Jeffrey Archer  (1940) 
Henry James  (1843)
Waverley Root  (1903)
Tomas Tranströmer  (1931)