(via Letters of Note)

Remembering Maurice Sendak…

Wired – Neil Gaiman on Sendak, “…what I always responded to, was the feeling that Sendak owed nothing to anyone in the books that he made. His only obligation was to the book, to make it true.”

The New York Times – Obit: Author of Splendid Nightmares

The Atlantic (2011) – Long History of Scaring Kids (and Their Parents)

The New Yorker (1993) – Art Spiegeleman visited Sendak and drew the experience

Vanity Fair (2011) – Portrait: Maurice Sendak

The Colbert Report (2012) – Stephen Colbert’s two-part interview with Maurice Sendak

Rolling Stone (1976) – King of All Wild Things

60 Minutes (1973) – Sendak profile

NPR – Fresh Air Remembers Sendak

The Guardian (2011) – Interview

Flavorwire – Words and Pictures: A Tribute to Maurice Sendak

Buzzfeed – The 20 Greatest Maurice Sendak Quotes

The New York Public Library – Literary Landmarks in NYC