Wild Things

Children's author and illustator Maurice Sendak revealed two things about himself in the New York Times earlier this week:

• He's a bit of a curmudgeon. "'I hate people,' he said at one point, extolling the superior company of dogs, like his sweet-tempered German shepherd, Herman (after Melville)."
• He's gay. "“I just didn’t think it was anybody’s business,” Mr. Sendak added. He lived with Eugene Glynn, a psychoanalyst, for 50 years before Dr. Glynn’s death in May 2007."

There's actually a lot more interesting stuff in the article, but I thought those were the highlights.--David E