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,” … Continue reading Wild Things
Author: Anders
Wyoming… Hell on Earth?
Annie Proulx's new collection of short stories Fine Just the Way It Is is getting good reviews--with a common element. The New York Times says, "Her sense of story is admirable, her sentences are artful, and she writes like a demon. " The folks at the New West book review also smell brimstone. They say, … Continue reading Wyoming… Hell on Earth?
Needle in a Haystack
According to WBIR, in Knoxville, TN,"A Shawano, Wisconsin man bought a book for a dollar at the Shawano City County Library Annual book sale, only to find out it's worth thousands. Fred Eberlein picked up the an 1848 printing of "The Life of George Washington" by John Marshall." Details, such as they are, are here.Got … Continue reading Needle in a Haystack
Musings from Magers and Quinn 