The Biblio File: images of bookmarks, for bibliophiles

And you read your Emily Dickinson
And I my Robert Frost
And we note our place with book markers
That measure what we've lost

David Levine on writers: Alexander Pope

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

Macanudo

First Lines: Anton Chekhov

People were telling one another that a newcomer had been seen on the promenade--a lady with a dog.

The Lady with the Dog

Anton Chekhov

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on June 12

Djuna  Barnes  (1892)
Brigid Brophy  (1929)
Anne Frank  (1929)

Tess Gerritsen  (1953)
Rona Jaffe  (1931)

Adam Kay  (1980)

Charles Kingsley  (1819)
Bill Naughton  (1910) 
Johanna Spyri  (1827)
 

The Biblio File: images of readers, for bibliophiles