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Crow Bookshop, Burlington, Vermont

David Levine on writers: Sylvia Townsend Warner

 

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

Frazz

First Lines: Carson McCullers

In the town, there were two mutes and they were always together.

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

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

Houston A. Baker Jr.  (1943)
Billy Collins  (1941) 
Louis L’Amour  (1908)
Nicholas Monsarrat  (1910) 
James Patterson  (1947) 
Gabrielle Roy  (1909)
 

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