Slog - Comments on "I hate people." http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people Michael from Bailey/Coy books just called to ask if I'd read this recounting of an interview with Maurice Sendak. It's funny and sad and sweet and bitter, just like...well, just like Maurice Sendak. He talks about all his many hates (including Salman Rushdie, an uncle of his, and, apparently, himself) and his sexuality. Was there anything he had never been asked? He paused for a few moments and answered, “Well, that I’m gay.” “I just didn’t think it was anybody’s business,” Mr. Sendak added. He lived with Eugene Glynn, a psychoanalyst, for 50 years before Dr. Glynn’s death in May... Copyright 2008 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:00:00 -0800 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:33:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by chicagogaydude But does he hate pit bulls?

]]> chicagogaydude http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1135938 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1135938 Books Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:10:50 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER To never tell your parents (and never know for sure what their reaction will be) is one of the saddest things you can do to yourself... sure you might avoid heartache, but you'll never know if you could have had true parental acceptance either.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1135974 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1135974 Books Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:19:05 -0800 Comment by Tiktok Huh, I didn't know it was a secret.

Twenty years ago I read a coffee-table book that covered his work to date, and it seemed obvious that he was gay gay gay. On the other hand, good thing it didn't get out before that "Night Kitchen" naked little boy controversy.

]]> Tiktok http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1136013 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1136013 Books Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:27:29 -0800 Comment by David Wright Is this really his first public disclosure, at age 80? That's quite a remarkable comming-out story.

]]> David Wright http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1136058 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1136058 Books Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:36:31 -0800 Comment by Vince Nobody can love you if you don't love yourself.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1136062 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1136062 Books Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:37:15 -0800 Comment by Just Sayin' Saw him speak in person @ Brown University in 1990 or so. What a great man.

]]> Just Sayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1136156 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1136156 Books Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:05:23 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn Cowardice is such a tragic state of mind.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1136226 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1136226 Books Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:23:04 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Where the Wild Things Are is all about circuit parties.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1136235 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1136235 Books Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:24:49 -0800 Comment by wench Fantastic. Made me cry, thanks for posting it.

]]> wench http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1136995 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1136995 Books Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:24:44 -0800 Comment by Lee Gibson I want to go to New York and give him a hug. I grew up reading Where the Wild Things Are at least once a week until, like, last week.

]]> Lee Gibson http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1137435 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_hate_people#c1137435 Books Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:33:42 -0800