tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post6196293201658427567..comments2023-12-13T02:57:32.461-08:00Comments on Book Aunt: Let the Wild Rumpus Start!KateCoombshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-44828045267286441622009-11-15T07:15:20.162-08:002009-11-15T07:15:20.162-08:00Heidi--
I'm glad I'm not the only one who...Heidi--<br /><br />I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way! I suspect Maurice Sendak is in some ways heartily sick of WTWTA, so he doesn't mind seeing a very different incarnation. But as you can tell, I'm not and I do.<br /><br />In a nice cosmic coincidence, I also write and love poetry; my first collection is coming out in Spring 2011 with Chronicle. I recently discovered your poems and ordered two of your books--Pumpkin Butterfly and Squeeze--which I liked in particular because you see things in fresh, strange ways. (Haven't reviewed them because, well, I've only reviewed a small fraction of what I'm reading.) So it's very nice to meet you, too, and I'm glad you liked the post!<br /><br />I'm probably a different religion than you, but I'm with you on the Divine in the world. In general, I think people are far too astonishing to be mere animals. Like you, I am a teacher--I drive around L.A. teaching sick children in their homes for the school district. I love knowing how teachers can change the world by believing in and respecting each child, expecting them to grow and make and do and truly become their greatest selves.<br /><br />--KateKate Coombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138566291199003171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-4019941763941165812009-11-15T05:10:53.475-08:002009-11-15T05:10:53.475-08:00Oh, boy, Kate--it's nice to meet you. The str...Oh, boy, Kate--it's nice to meet you. The strength of my visceral reaction to the trailer for WTWTA shocked me: how dare anyone, Maurice himself included, sully the perfection of this book? In this post you have voiced, with supporting evidence, my reasons for refusing to see this movie and for forbidding my kids (7 and 10), who would probably love it, from seeing it (just as nobody watched any version of Charlotte's Web before they heard it read).<br /><br />Not only that, you pointed me in new and exciting directions along old paths and reminded me that part of what I do well as a teacher is to "believe with a sort of simple faith that every person on this planet contributes uniquely to humanity," to help each child cultivate his or her particular brand of wildness. To go a step further, I think this is what constitutes the Divine in the world. (You're not a UU by any chance, are you, Kate?) <br /><br />Anyway, thank you for this beautifully written, richly developed commentary. I'm headed out to find your books...Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902158336083356337noreply@blogger.com