"The thing about poets," he says, "is they like to stay up and talk until about four in the morning.

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Sendak's parents would sometimes talk about the dead family members, especially children, who were not lucky enough to survive like Maurice had.

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And then maybe ten minutes later I'll be like 'Oh,well, I need to talk to so-and-so,' and so then I'll go back on it, every thirty minutes or something."

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