{"id":31214,"date":"2012-05-09T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=31214"},"modified":"2012-05-08T22:00:03","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T02:00:03","slug":"remembering-sendak-gaining-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/09\/remembering-sendak-gaining-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Sendak, Gaining Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/sendak.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/sendak-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"sendak\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/sendak-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/sendak.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/jacketcopy\/2012\/05\/watching-worldwide-book-sales-live.html\">Book sales around the world<\/a> in real time.\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/shelf-life.ew.com\/2012\/05\/05\/writing-books-reality-show\/\">America\u2019s Next Top Writer<\/a><\/em>?\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/custodian-cleans-classics-degree-columbia-article-1.1074086\">The Columbia custodian turned Columbia honors grad<\/a>!\n<li>Maurice Sendak\u2019s<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/childrens-books-site\/gallery\/2012\/may\/08\/maurice-sendak-gallery\"> life in pictures<\/a>.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/92y.tumblr.com\/post\/22661339509\/remembering-maurice-sendak-like-all-his-family-and\">Sendak speaking <\/a>on his eightieth birthday. <br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book sales around the world in real time. 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