Jonathan Livingston Seagull Jonathan Livingston Seagull Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach and illustrated by Russell Munson, is a fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection. Bach wrote it as a series of short stories that were published in "Flying" magazine in the late 1960s. It was first published in book form in 1970, and by the end of 1972 over a million copies were in print. "Reader's Digest" published a condensed version, and the book reached the top of the "New York Times" Best Seller list, where
Jane Livingston curated a show of John Alexander's works at the Smithsonian in 2008. Livingston is the author and co-author of numerous books and catalogs. Her work on "The Art of Richard Diebenkorn" (1997) helped produce a book that collected the most important works of Richard Diebenkorn, who had been under-represented in publishing. Jane Livingston Jane Shelton Livingston (born 12 February 1944 in Upland, California) is an American art curator. From 1967 to 1975, Livingston was curator of 20th-century art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She was editor of the Richard Diebenkorn "Catalogue Raisonné" and now works as an