Maira Kalman is an American illustrator, author, artist, and designer. Born in 1949 in Tel Aviv, Kalman currently lives in New York City where she came with her family at age 4.
She has authored a series of children's books about Max Stravinsky, the poet-dog. She is also well-known for her covers of 'The New Yorker' magazine. Ms. Kalman wrote the monthly illustrated blog 'The Principles of Uncertainty' for The New York Times ending in April 2007. The blog was published in a book of the same title. Kalman started a new illustrated blog for NYT on January 30, 2009, called 'And the Pursuit of Happiness'.
The following stories are take from those blogs.
A good place to start is with Cherubim and Seraphim or Finale.
"And the Pursuit of Happiness" 2009
June 25th, 2009
"Time Wastes Too Fast" link
May 28th, 2009
"At Ease" link
April 4th, 2009
"May It Please the Court" link
March 26th, 2009
"So Moved" link
February 26th, 2009
"In Love with A. Lincoln" link
January 29th, 2009
"The Inauguration. At Last." link
"The Principles of Uncertainty" 2007
April 3rd, 2007
"Finale" link
this is a good, simple start
March 6th, 2007
"One Thing Leads to Another" link
February 6th, 2007
"The Impossibility of February" link
January 2nd, 2007
"Completely" link
2006______________________________________________________
December 12th, 2006
"Ich Habe Genug" link
November 1st, 2006
"Paris" link
October 3rd, 2006
"Collecting Myself" link
September 6th, 2006
"Still" link
August 1st, 2006
"Heaven on Earth" link
July 4th, 2006
"Cherubim and Seraphim" link
this is a good, simple start
June 6th, 2006
"Celestial Harmony" link
May 3rd, 2006
"Sorry, the Rest Unknown" link