{"id":31184,"date":"2012-05-08T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T14:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=31184"},"modified":"2012-05-08T10:50:01","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T14:50:01","slug":"r-i-p-maurice-sendak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/08\/r-i-p-maurice-sendak\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Maurice Sendak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_20384\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/sendak.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/sendak-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"sendak\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/sendak-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/sendak.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by John Dugdale.<\/p><\/div>It is with great sadness that we note the death, at eighty-three, of legendary writer and illustrator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/05\/09\/books\/maurice-sendak-childrens-author-dies-at-83.html?_r=1\">Maurice Sendak<\/a>. In books like <em>Where the Wild Things Are<\/em>, <em>Outside Over There<\/em>,<em> The Nutshell Library<\/em>, <em>The Sign on Rosie\u2019s Door<\/em> and many more, Sendak defined childhood for many of us. <\/p>\n<p>\nLast September, we ran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/27\/maurice-sendak-on-bumble-ardy\/\">this interview<\/a> with Mr. Sendak; his inimitable wit, wisdom, and legendary cantankerousness came through loud and clear.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great sadness that we note the death, at eighty-three, of legendary writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak. In books like Where the Wild Things Are, Outside Over There, The Nutshell Library, The Sign on Rosie\u2019s Door and many more, Sendak defined childhood for many of us. 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