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Today in Writing History June 10, 1928: Maurice Sendak, author of “Where the Wild Things Are,” was born in Brooklyn, New York. A little boy once sent him a card with a drawing on it. Sendak was so moved he sent the boy another letter with his own personal “Wild Thing” drawn on it. The boy’s mother sent Sendak a thank you note saying that her son loved the card so much he ate it. Sendak considered that one of the highest compliments he ever received. Sendak was an atheist Jew who lost numerous family members in the Holocaust. He was also gay.

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Graffiti on a white brick wall, with an image of Max, from the book, "Where the Wild Things Are," in a yellow crown. Reads: I'll always be a wild think...R.I.P. Maurice Sendak.
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Sixty years ago, in November 1963, #MauriceSendak published his now famous #ChildrensBook, Where the Wild Things Are.

Did you know that the casual letterforms on the first edition #BookCover aren’t custom drawn, but type? They stem from an obscure #font named Safari which came with numerous alternate glyphs. Patrick Concannon put together a post about the #design, and @jaykay109 tracked down the origin of the #typeface. More: fontsinuse.com/uses/54045/wher

Front panel of the first edition hardcover of Where The Wild Things Are, with story and pictures by Maurice Sendak, published by Harper & Row in 1963. The typeface is the Medium Semi-Condensed style of Safari, used with alternate glyphs (see W E R A D S). Photo by PBA Galleries.
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Today in Writing History June 10, 1928: Maurice Sendak, author of “Where the Wild Things Are,” was born in Brooklyn, New York. A little boy once sent him a card with a drawing on it. Sendak was so moved he sent the boy another letter with his own personal “Wild Thing” drawn on it. The boy’s mother sent Sendak a thank you note saying that her son loved the card so much he ate it. Sendak considered that one of the highest compliments he ever received. His book, “In the Night Kitchen,” is one of the most censored children’s books in the U.S., supposedly because of its depiction of a naked child. Sendak was an atheist Jew who lost numerous family members in the Holocaust. However, he was quoted as saying, "My gods are Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, Mozart. I believe in them with all my heart." He was also gay and lived with his partner for 50 years. Sendak died May 12, 2012, at the age of 83.

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A mural, at Wicker Park, Chicago, depicting Max, from “Where the Wild Things Are,” says, “I’ll always be a wild thing. Maurice Sendak. R.I.P.” By Seth Anderson from Chicago, us - I'll Awyays Be a Wild Thing - RIP Maurice Sendak, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34990079
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