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David Levine on writers: Mario Vargas Llosa

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: Chris Cleave

Most days I wish I was a British pound coin instead of an African girl.

Little Bee

Chris Cleave

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on July 22

Stephen Vincent Benét  (1898)

Margery Williams Bianco  (1881)

S. E. Hinton  (1948)
Emma Lazarus  (1849)

Tom Robbins  (1936)
David Shields  (1956)

 

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Patten Free Library, Bath, Maine