Maurice Sendak on his work, childhood, inspirations

Maurice Sendak talks about his work, childhood and inspirations, in a DVD by the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, www.rosenbach.org. The Rosenbach is the sole repository of the original artwork of famed author and illustrator Maurice Sendak and a foremost authority on all things Sendak. Author of Where the Wild Things Are and nearly 100 other books, Sendak, now 81 years old, chose the Rosenbach to be the permanent home of his work in the early 1970s thanks to shared literary and collecting interests. The Rosenbach's Sendak collection is the largest collection of Sendakiana in the world, with over 10,000 preliminary sketches, final drawings, manuscripts, books, and ephemera.

The DVD, "There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak: A Retrospective in Words and Pictures" explores the masterful storytellers extraordinary career through his own words as the author talks about his favorite characters and the many influences and settings of his richest stories. Get the DVD at www.rosenbach.org! Produced by Portia Productions.

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[lot25]

Very cool! Maurice Sendak is awesome.

[klickenpod]

fascinating! THANK YOU!

[boydman117]

@termsofusepolice Nice job man.

[comedrac]

@termsofusepolice

"... because it was a story"

Listen with your heart, not your prejudice!

[nick794]

at 27 makes me wanna take up cooking classes. such joy of life, simple things and desires of spirit

[termsofusepolice]

Incest and suicide - celebrated. Always sensed from his work that Sendak was some kind of amoral perv. Being queer just seals the deal. Give me McCloskey any day.

[thelittlebookstore]

Very interesting insight. Thanks.

[mskj444]

Oh my god, listening to him talk is life-affirming.

[channinggirl25]

An amazing man!!

[buddmar]

The Rosenbach Museum and it's glorious Sendak collection is one of the jewels in Philadelphia' crown.

[raiwoncon]

so true.....they do know it exists. I have a 10year year old daughter of my best friend

that I'm trying to curb her four letter words and nasty negative thoughts. It's heartbreaking, This will not get her anywhere in life.

[doro626]

Very interesting , the respect he had for children. Was it too harsh, or do we coddle our youth today, protecting them from a world that they already know ,too well from an early age?