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(va beh, R.I.P. Sendak)

yahoopolitics:

President Obama has made it a tradition to read “Where the Wild Things Are” at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll

Maurice Sendak, we’ll always love you best of all. 

Maurice Sendak, New York, 10 giugno 1928 – 8 maggio 2012

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Maurice Sendak, New York, 10 giugno 1928 – 8 maggio 2012

Maurice Sendak: 'I refuse to lie to children'

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zjw2v:

“I refuse to lie to children,” says Sendak. “I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.”

Whatever you think of it, it’s a provocative sentiment. It makes you wonder how and when people should (and/or do) learn the truth of things, and what art has to do with the process.

Also of interest: Sendak’s calling Salman Rushdie (who I don’t mind, personally) a “flaccid fuckhead.” I think I’m pretty good at vulgar insults, but I have to concede there.

Maurice Sendak, New York, 10 giugno 1928 – 8 maggio 2012

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defconzero:

Illustration for Herman Melville’s Pierre, or the Ambiguities by Where The Wild Things Are author Maurice Sendak.

Maurice Sendak, New York, 10 giugno 1928 – 8 maggio 2012

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bannila:

Where The Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak, New York, 10 giugno 1928 – 8 maggio 2012

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viadeiserpenti:

Illustrations are taken from the Maurice Sendak Collection at The Rosenbach

Maurice sendak, New York, 10 giugno 1928 – 8 maggio 2012

(Fonte: c86)

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viadeiserpenti:

“This is how Maurice Sendak sometimes sent his letters. Just imagine getting one.” (via Letters Of Note)

Maurice sendak, New York, 10 giugno 1928 – 8 maggio 2012

(Fonte: theatlantic)

A uno a uno: Libri e sesso

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Ebooks: “I hate them. It’s like making believe there’s another kind of sex. There isn’t another kind of sex. There isn’t another kind of book! A book is a book is a book.”

Maurice Sendak sul “Guardian”.

Un libro è un oggetto estremamente intimo. Leggere, per certi aspetti è…