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Franklin Public Library, Frnaklin, Massachusetts

David Levine on writers: Jessica Mitford

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: Salman Rushdie

At twenty-four the ambassador's daughter slept badly through the warm, unsurprising nights.

Shalimar the Clown 

Salman Rushdie

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

Ron Chernow  (1949)

William Godwin  (1756)
Patricia MacLachlan  (1938)
James Merrill  (1926)
Yury Olesha  (1899)
Thomas Otway  (1652)
Edward Thomas  (1878)

 

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