“Under the guise of letters of advice to a young illustrator, R. O. Blechman has written a profound and witty discourse on the nature of all creativity, not just the artistic kind. It reads like a nimble treatise on life itself.”
— John Ashbery on Dear James
Dear James
Letters to a Young Illustrator
by R.O. Blechman
In Dear James, Blechman has compiled all the wisdom he has accumulated over the course of his esteemed career into a series of poignant yet instructive letters written to an imagined young illustrator, “James.” The result is a wise and mesmerizing meditation on creativity.