In this episode, we speak with Golan Moskowitz, Assistant Professor in the Department of Jewish Studies at Tulane University, about Maurice Sendak. Golan discusses Sendak, the beloved author and illustrator of picture books, with sensitivity to the interplay between...
Golan Moskowitz read to us from his new book, Wild Visionary: Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context (2020), and conversed with leading scholars Jack Halberstam and Kenneth Kidd about the book’s implications for queer studies. Maurice Sendak (1928–2012), best known...
Maurice Sendak was once described as “one of the most powerful men in the United States,” by art critic Brian O’Doherty, for having “given shape to the fantasies of millions of children.” In this special PRIDE book talk with Dr. Golan Moskowitz, journey into the...
“Wild Outside in the Night: Queer Jewishness and Childhood Liminality in the Picture-Books of Maurice Sendak” by Golan Moskowitz The late Jewish American gay artist Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) changed the face of children’s literature by depicting emotionally...
Golan Y. Moskowitz “Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context” with a response by Naomi Seidman. The late Jewish American artist Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) changed the face of children’s literature and paved the way for the reconsiderations of monstrosity and...
