Art of the Day

Summer Red Bird
-James John Audubon

Literary Pick (**)

Ezra Pound: Selected Cantos
-Ezra Pound

R.I.P

Charlie Barsotti 
-Born: 1933,

Died: June 16, 2014

 
Thank You, Charles Barsotti

Posted by Robert Mankoff

 Charlie Barsotti, one of the great cartoonists, died today. Charlie drew close to fourteen hundred cartoons for The New Yorker over the years, beginning in the nineteen-sixties and continuing right through last week’s issue.

With the minimum number of lines, Charlie could extract the maximum number of ideas, about Inequality: 

Truth:

 
Love:
 
Politics:

Religion:

-The New Yorker

Literary Pick (***)

Stories I Only Tell My Friends
-Rob Lowe

Literary Pick (***)

Ham on Rye
-Charles Bukowski

Literary Pick (****)

Fresh Off the Boat
-Eddie Huang

Quote of the Day

“He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty"
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Literary Pick (**)

Wishful Drinking
-Carrie Fisher

Literary Pick (***)

Quiet- The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
-Susan Cain