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Articles - June - 2012 Issue

Sendak’s Death Spurs Interest in His Works

The New Yorker ran a profile of Sendak by Nat Hentoff in 1966.

The New Yorker ran a profile of Sendak by Nat Hentoff in 1966.

There’s also quite a bit of excellent reference material on line that is free. New Yorker subscribers can access the Jan 22, 1966 profile of Sendak by Nat Hentoff. archives.newyorker.com/?i=1966-01-22#folio=039

Or email me and I’ll send you a pdf of the Nov. 14, 1994 article: Maurice Sendak - A Bibliographical Odyssey by Christian Esquevin that appeared in the Antiquarian Bookman. wailukusue@gmail.com. Put SENDAK AB in the subject line

Other Links of Interest:

Maurice Sendak - NY Times obituary page 1, May 9, 2012

www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/books/maurice-sendak-childrens-author-dies-at-83.html?pagewanted=all

Fresh Air-NPR- Read their May 8th tribute to Sendak and hear four different appearances by the author - illustrator that aired over the years.

www.npr.org/2012/05/08/152248901/fresh-air-remembers-author-maurice-sendak

Maurice Sendak Collection at the Rosenbach Museum and Library

www.rosenbach.org/learn/collections/maurice-sendak-collection

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Susan Halas is a contributor to AE Monthly. Reach her at: wailukusue@gmail.com

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