BIB_ID
440086
Accession number
MA 23770
Creator
Sendak, Maurice.
Display Date
Ridgefield, Connecticut, 1975 July 7.
Credit line
Gift of Steve, Renee, and Alex Cohen, 2021.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.8 x 15.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Place of writing from envelope.
Summary
Apologizing for the delay in responding to her letter; saying that he has "quite given up illustrating stories other than my own" and mentioning his current commitments; giving editorial feedback on her poem "The Hungry Giant and the boy"; thanking her for her praise of his work; adding "and all sympathy to your friend Michael Goodman if the poor man does look like Mickey [referring to the character in Sendak's book In the Night Kitchen] -- I know what that means -- I look like Mickey!"
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