Tag: Mark Alan Stamaty

September 30, 2026 by Betsy Bird

Who Needs Donuts When You’ve Got Lovely Interviews Like This? A Talk with Mark Alan Stamaty

If Maurice Sendak, Nora Ephron, Patty, and Bob Odenkirk were all fans of a bizarre cult-classic picture book from the 1970s, wouldn't you want to learn more? We host the charming and loquacious Mark Alan Stamaty in celebration of his newest re-release.

May 20, 2019 by Betsy Bird

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Who Needs Donuts? by Mark Alan Stamaty

"It's like the Where's Waldo of literature!" This week we're celebrating another cult classic picture book just as its author releases his adult collection MacDoodle Street. It fails the stranger danger test magnificently, sure, but we can all get behind its "inspired sense of the absurd."