Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Maurice sendak

  • At 11am today, New York time, Manhattans Metropolitan Museum of Art is playing host to a memorial service to honour and celebrate the life of Maurice Sendak, who died last month aged 83.
  • (The Guardian)
  • A signed first edition of Where the Wild Things Are, the classic childrens book by late author Maurice Sendak, has fetched an eyebrow-raising $25,000 on online book retailer abebooks.
  • (New York Daily News)
  • A limited number of tickets to a memorial service next week for Maurice Sendak are being made available to the public. The service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 12, in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • (New York Times Blogs)
  • Fans of legendary author MAURICE SENDAK have been invited to apply for tickets to attend his memorial service in New York next week (begs11Jun12).
  • (express.co.uk)
  • I don't have a secretary." "Please, I'd be honored to have you dictate them to me," I said. For the next half hour, Maurice Sendak dictated the words I have repeated in countless readings of "The Jester Has Lost His Jingle.
  • (The Christian Science Monitor)
  • Maurice Sendaks work challenged the conventions of childrens literature and spoke powerfully and indelibly to adults as well. Maurice Sendak on e-books: "I hate them. Its like making believe theres another kind of sex. There isnt another kind of sex.
  • (The Hindu)
  • Last week saw the loss of Maurice Sendak, probably the most-beloved childrens author and illustrator of the past half century.
  • (Where the WILD THINGS are: Wild Beers and Maurice Sendak - Patch)
  • (CBS News) Amid a surge of renewed interest in late author Maurice Sendak, a first edition of Where the Wild Things Are has sold for $25,000. Online book retailer Abebooks.
  • (CBS News)
  • Heidi Scrimgeours young sons were enchanted by the childrens books of the late Maurice Sendak I didnt discover Maurice Sendaks bewitching books until I had children of my own.
  • (Independent)
  • and even his fantasy operas on Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop!, are conceived on the concisest possible scale: at 45 minutes and an hour long, each could fit in the pocket of a Wagnerian music drama.
  • (The Guardian)

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