SCRAWL

Organized alphabetically, with a range of influential names, from W. Burroughs to M. Twain, the book is a voyeur's treasure trove of the ephemeral, in which cultural icons reveal their own preoccupations, passions, plans, and distractions in the marginalia of thei r daily correspondence. A satirical sketch by M. Chagall sits beside a quick self-portrait by C. Chaplin/ a throwaway drawing on a d ollar bill by J. Miro follows the first ever idle iteration of Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren...