Legendary Children’s Book Author Maurice Sendak dies at age 83

Illustrator of over a hundred books and author of a dozen including Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen, Maurice Sendak died today following a stroke he suffered last Friday. (Full Washington Post obituary here.)

Not too long ago, Stephen Colbert sat down with Mr. Sendak to discuss his work and to get some useful criticism from the master of children’s picture books. The two parts of the interview were perhaps the funniest segments I’ve ever seen on The Colbert Report.

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I am a lifelong resident of the Puget Sound and have lived in Seattle for the past 27 years. I am married and have two kids and I have a demanding job. All of those things take up a great deal of my time, otherwise you'd see more content on this blog. What I'm reading: Telegraph Road, by Michael Chabon; West of Rome, by John Fante, The Big Burn by Timothy Egan. Favorite Films: Apocalypse Now, Brazil, Silence of the Lambs, No Country for Old Men. What I'm listening to: Bob Dylan, Lydia Loveless, Richard Hawley, Nick Cave, Cat Power.

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