This Week in Literary History: Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are is Published
Culture Index
Score Breakdown
Relevance
3/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
6/15
Depth
3/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Literary History newsletter—sign up here. When Maurice Sendak published Where the Wild Things Are, on April 9, 1963, he had been working as an illustrator for some 15
