Maurice Sendak (1928–2012)

Seven essays on this great author & artist & friend (from the Los Angeles Times, Nation, New Republic, Washington Post, Horn Book, and elsewhere)

Jerry Griswold

2 min readMay 8, 2018

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Maurice Sendak’s “Nutcracker” (& Some Recollections)

With the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Sendak reimagined this holiday classic. Some memories of him are appended.

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Maurice Sendak’s “Outside Over There”

This premier children’s artist died May 8 (2012). Let’s acknowledge Sendak’s finest book.

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“Fly by Night”: Randall Jarrell’s Best Children’s Book

A haunting book created by Maurice Sendak and Randall Jarrell (from the New Republic)

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Understanding Maurice Sendak

Jonathan Cott writes about “Outside Over There”

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Maurice Sendak & Gay Identity

Coming out in “Outside over There”

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Spike Jonzes’ Movie “Where the Wild Things Are”

Not a children’s film but a film about childhood — and that’s a different thing

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Maurice Sendak on Randall Jarrell

An interview about his work illustrating Jarrell’s children’s books

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I also discuss, in considerable detail, Sendak’s artistic work in three of Randall Jarrell’s children’s books in my study The Children’s Books of Randall Jarrell (University of Georgia Press, 1988).

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Maurice Sendak (1928–2012)

Seven essays on this great author & artist & friend (from the Los Angeles Times, Nation, New Republic, Washington Post, Horn Book, and elsewhere)

Maurice Sendak’s “Nutcracker” (& Some Recollections)

With the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Sendak reimagined this holiday classic. Some memories of him are appended.

Maurice Sendak’s “Outside Over There”

This premier children’s artist died May 8 (2012). Let’s acknowledge Sendak’s finest book.

“Fly by Night”: Randall Jarrell’s Best Children’s Book

A haunting book created by Maurice Sendak and Randall Jarrell (from the New Republic)

Understanding Maurice Sendak

Jonathan Cott writes about “Outside Over There”

Maurice Sendak & Gay Identity

Coming out in “Outside over There”

Spike Jonzes’ Movie “Where the Wild Things Are”

Not a children’s film but a film about childhood — and that’s a different thing

Maurice Sendak on Randall Jarrell

An interview about his work illustrating Jarrell’s children’s books

Written by Jerry Griswold

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