Maurice Sendak & Filmmaker Mark Duplass

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Acclaimed children’s book author Mo Willems (Knuffle Bunny) considers Maurice Sendak’s legacy. Kurt Andersen talks with Mark Duplass, the actor/director/writer/producer who is giving 30-something slackers the spotlight. The music industry taps hackers for the next killer app. And Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy K. Smith reveals the winner of our Ode to a Teen Idol poetry contest.

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