Just testing out the blog, but also wanted to post this video. When talking about our favorite profiles in class, I immediately thought of this interview between Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are—who The New York Times called the "most important children’s book artist of the 20th century,"—from several months before he died. This video is just a brief clip of the interview—which you can find in it's entirety here,—but like the illustrator of the clip I too was driving around aimlessly when the Fresh Air story came on the radio and stuck with me more than any profile piece I can remember. They were supposed to be discussing Sendak's new book, but Gross and Sendak quickly transitioned to talking about life, writing and all the leaving that comes with dying. If you like to laugh while sobbing, this one's for you.
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