If there's anything I'm proud of in my work--it's not that I draw better; there's so many better graphic artists than me--or that I write better, no. It's--and I'm not saying I know the truth, because what the hell is that? But what I got from Ruth and Dave, a kind of fierce honesty, to not let the kid down, to not let the kid get punished, to not suffer the child to be dealt with in a boring, simpering, crushing-of-the-spirit kind of way.
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An excerpt from Tuesday night's conversation with Maurice Sendak, on NPR. It was just as illuminating, unexpected, genuine, and slightly sinister, as a conversation with Sendak should be. In other words, you might just want to drop everything and listen to it here.
I'm so happy you're back! And that the news was good. Congratulations!
Posted by: Zoey | 09/22/2011 at 01:51 PM
YAY! You are back. Did you know people have been missing you? My daughter was so happy with your Kiki Strike recommendations, and she would periodically ask me, "Did the book scout lady come back yet?"
So we would check. And... nothing. At least, it felt like a whole lotta nothing from this end- but clearly it was a whole lotta something for you!
Congratulations on the restaurant- since we're on the east coast we might never get to check it out, but it sounds amazing.
Now, can we please talk about some books? :)
Posted by: Catherine | 09/26/2011 at 04:41 PM