The Biblio File: images of cover art, for bibliophiles

David Levine on writers: Miguel de Cervantes

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: James Crumley

When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint just outside of Sonoma, California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring afternoon.

The Last Good Kiss 

James Crumley

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on October 27

Anthony Doerr  (1973)

Fran Lebowitz  (1950)

Sylvia Plath  (1932) 
Zadie Smith  (1975)
Dylan Thomas  (1914)

Gilles Vigneault  (1928)

 

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

Ten Tree Books, Natick, Massachusetts

David Levine on writers: V.S. Naipaul

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.