R.I.P. Maurice Sendak

“And [he] sailed back over a year

and in and out of weeks

and through a day 

and into the night of his very own room

where he found his supper waiting for him

and it was still hot” 

― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

Where The Wild Things Are

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Where The Wild Things Are

Where The Wild Things Are was my favorite book as a young child, and I can still picture it's exact location on the bottom row at Steven's Elementary School library. I can also remember that once I got older, the librarian told me I should start looking at books on some of the higher shelves, but I ignored her and kept reading my favorite book.

Today I found out that Maurice Sendak, the book's author, was/is gay. Read the story from Towleroad here.