On Maurice Sendak's birthday---The inspiration for his cover picture in the 2nd volume of my biography of Melville--the vines around the window

 

1992--"PARKER WORKS" on a fragment of newspaper in WE ARE ALL IN THE DUMPS

 

Monday, December 17, 2012

A Shout-Out from Sendak and a Shout-Out to Him

In fragments of newspapers which the street boys are using to cover their heads and insulate their bodies in WE ARE ALL IN THE DUMPS with JACK AND GUY, a farewell to Jim Marshall, a tribute to two musicians, and a gesture to me, "PARKER WORKS." Permission to reproduce this fragment not yet applied for.

Maurice is in MELVILLE BIOGRAPHY: AN INSIDE NARRATIVE, all words written before he died. I'm sorry he never saw them.
SENDAK WORKED.

The Outcast, wandering all week, all alone, calling

 

What happens to the pictures that you leave up for a couple of decades

 

Lawn Mower

 

Today: N Y Times "5 International Movies to Stream Today." Look--all Distopian! No. Do I need International Distopia when I have Hawley and Cruz and Paul?

 Who would submit himself or herself to such misery?

Republicans in Texas Know the Importance of Controlling Textbooks. So did Confederate Veterans in 1898. Control What Students Read!! Hurry, Hurry!

 The 1898 CONFEDERATE VETERAN, Tennessee Division.

BELIEVING THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF THE CONFEDERATION OF SONS IS SEEING THAT THE HISTORIES TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS ARE JUST AND TRUE TO THE SOUTH, THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL COMMITTEE HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO LOOK INTO THE SCHOOLBOOK PROBLEM CAREFULLY AND RECOMMEND TO THE NEXT REUNION DEFINITE STEPS TO BE AKEN WITH REGARD TO THE SAME . . . . P. 440