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News & ArtsThursday, September 22, 2011
Arts Maurice Sendak on Fresh Air
Posted by Dan Savage on Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:23 AM
"I wanted to pass on a link to an interview with author Maurice Sendak by Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air," wites Slog tipper Daniel. "Maybe one of the most moving radio interviews I've ever heard. I learned from this particular interview that Maurice just lost his life partner of fifty years, which was both sad but inspiring. (The stability of that relationship!) In case you have an extra 20 minutes, I wanted to cue you in to this."
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Anna Minard and Dan Savage, plus SlogTippers Kitri, Yoder, rob! and Daniel. I'd say this is the closest thing to a do-not-miss in the history of Slog.
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Wait until Middle America realizes they were reading their children homerseksual propaganda every night before bed. They've already had their eye on him for his "pedophilic" work.
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Thanks for making me cry at work. Sitting in my cubicle with my earbuds in, crying like a small child.
Sendak was always one of my favorites as a kid. His books were so lovely - yes, they had monsters and goblins and fighting and sibling rivalry - but they were still all so lovely. I'm glad there's one more Sendak book out there in the world.
Sendak was always one of my favorites as a kid. His books were so lovely - yes, they had monsters and goblins and fighting and sibling rivalry - but they were still all so lovely. I'm glad there's one more Sendak book out there in the world.
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@5 - I think I read it maybe once as a kid, but it had a bigger impact on me as an adult. A few years ago, my dog died, and that weekend, my boyfriend gave me a copy of Where the Wild Things Are. Ah hell. Now I'm getting all teary-eyed just thinking about it, and it's been three years since that happened.
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i was lucky enough to meet the man at the PNB Nutcracker 10th anniversary in 1993. he's tiny and cute and was very gracious while i gushed about reading his books as a child. a real mensch.
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Wow, you'd think all these comments would be warning enough that I'd be getting misty-eyed in my cubicle.
God, beautiful interview.
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready.
God, beautiful interview.
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready.
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Thanks for letting people know about this interview - Terry Gross is always amazing. Best interviewer ever, sensitive and compassionate.
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The part about him fantasizing that he had a daughter to take care of him in his old age really got to me. I know an elderly gay man on another continent who is alone and struggling with health and poverty issues. If I lived anywhere near him I'd try to give him practical support.
We need a gay-straight alliance for seniors.
We need a gay-straight alliance for seniors.
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Very touching--hard to imagine a sweeter person. Sendak provides a fine model on how to age gracefully.
This beautifully highlights the intimacy of radio, too--a camera, and the visuals it would provide, would feel like a rude violation, an exploitation of and a distraction from the thoughts and feelings being expressed.
This beautifully highlights the intimacy of radio, too--a camera, and the visuals it would provide, would feel like a rude violation, an exploitation of and a distraction from the thoughts and feelings being expressed.
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another parking lot moment when I stopped what I had intended to do and listened until the interview ended.
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along with other commenters, i too cried listening to this in my cubicle. and i've listened to it 3 times since. i was also a fan as a child, but that admiration pales in comparison to how i feel now. i don't even know where to begin. what he offers here is SO unprotected and raw. his work goes so far beyond the pages of his illustrated books, and my ability to communicate his impact on me goes so far beyond this blue box i'm typing into.
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