Every Thursday, we are sharing our favorite books about drawing and artists working in the medium. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I FEEL LIKE A CITIZEN IN THIS PARKING LOT COUNTY FAIR IT’S TIME TO GREYHOUND AND COME BACK A DRIFTER PUT IT ALL IN ONE BAG” - Jean-Michel Basquiat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat was one of the most important figures of the New York art scene in the 1980s. Throughout his career, Basquiat inventively explored the interplay between words and images, first as a member of SAMO, a graffiti group, and eventually as a painter with his unmistakable Neo Expressionist style. For years, he filled numerous notebooks with drawings and handwritten texts. The Princeton University Press’ publication, “The Notebooks” reproduces the pages of eight of these and provide us with a glimpse of the artist’s ingenious and whimsical mind. The cover of the publication resembles the composition notebooks Basquiat used as his medium...