The Biblio File: images of readers, for bibliophiles

Yelena Bryksenkova

David Levine on writers: Dashiell Hammett

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: John Berendt

The air still smelled of charcoal when I arrived in Venice three days after the fire.

The City of Falling Angels

John Berendt

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on June 25

Eric Carle  (1929)

Robert Erskine Childers  (1870)

Yann Martel  (1963)

George Orwell  (1903)

John Maddox Roberts  (1947)

The Biblio File: images of publishers, for bibliophiles

Hanover Square Press