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Maurice Sendak was born in nineteen twenty-eight in the Brooklyn area of New York City. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland. The little boy grew up with continuous reminders about death. When he was sick, his grandmother dressed him in white clothes she thought would help him avoid death.

Members of his family were killed in Nazi German death camps during World War Two. Maurice Sendak spoke about his mother crying each time she learned that someone had been killed. The writer said that, as a child, he wondered why he got to live while so many other Jewish children were killed.

These experiences help explain an important part of his books. They often show children overcoming evil forces and other complex situations, like Max's victory over the wild things. Maurice Sendak's young characters struggle to survive while facing difficult emotions, including fear. In fact, the writer once said that children surviving childhood was the central concern of his work.

Maurice Sendak began his career in the comic book industry. In his later career, he also designed sets for plays. In two thousand nine, he finally permitted a movie version of his most famous book. He said director Spike Jonze could be trusted with the work.

The movie "Where the Wild Things Are" received critical praise.

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Maurice Sendak died in Connecticut, where he lived. His friend, writer Bill Joyce, recently wrote of his visit with Sendak last year.

Mister Joyce wrote that Sendak said he was ready to die. And that he felt happy, for the first time in his life.

We will have more about Maurice Sendak Monday on THIS IS AMERICA.

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Jack White "Blunderbuss"

JUNE SIMMS: Musician Jack White is famous for his bands, the White Stripes and the Raconteurs. But the thirty-six-year-old guitarist and singer is now performing in the singular. White's new album "Blunderbuss" is his first solo project. And sales suggest it will be just as popular as his earlier records. Mario Ritter plays some of the new music.

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MARIO RITTER: That is "Freedom at 21" from Jack White's new album "Blunderbuss." Third Man Records released it as a single in a most unusual way. In early April, White took one thousand vinyl copies of the recording, tied them to helium balloons, and let them float up to the sky over Nashville, Tennessee. Only a few have been recovered and some of those are being offered e-Bay.

AP Jack White in June 2011

Jack White was featured in Interview Magazine this month. The magazine asked him who he wanted as his questioner. White chose the second man to step on the moon, Apollo Eleven astronaut Buzz Aldrin. The musician tells Aldrin about his interest in space. He says, "I write a lot about the moon --- I even wrote a song about it for the new record. So it was important for me to speak to somebody who has actually been there."

The song is "On and On and On."

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