Michael Rosen's Sad Book

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Desert Island Discs: Michael Rosen". BBC Radio 4. 6 August 2006. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008 . Retrieved 14 December 2007. JC4PM". jc4pmtour. 28 July 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017 . Retrieved 15 July 2017. In addition to his writing, Rosen has worked extensively as a broadcaster, presenting programs for BBC Radio and TV. He is perhaps best known for his work as a presenter of the BBC's "Word of Mouth" program, which explores the English language and its usage. Rosen, 76, is talking over video call from his study at his home in north London, where he sits behind a desk piled high with books. It is a month since he published Getting Better, a new memoir in which he reflects on some of the lowest periods of his life, Covid included.

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Flood (20 May 2021). "Michael Rosen condemns 'loathsome and antisemitic' manipulated image". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023 . Retrieved 5 April 2023. Nowadays, conversations with well-wishers are an almost daily occurrence. “I’ll be coming out of the supermarket and someone will say, ‘I’m so glad you’re alive.’ And I can’t be grumpy about that. Rather than being indifferent, people are grateful that I’m still here. I think that’s pretty wonderful.” Walker Books & The RNIB". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016 . Retrieved 25 December 2016.Knight, Lucy (11 October 2023). "Imprisoned Uyghur academic named 2023 PEN international writer of courage". The Guardian. Our Supporters". Republic.org. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009 . Retrieved 27 November 2012. In the rest of the book Rosen explains how he copes – or doesn't cope – when he is in that "deep dark" place and feels sad. It's a deeply personal insight; but also universal. We feel sad with and for Rosen, and by extension with and for Quentin Blake, who has given the book such heartrending illustrations. Rosen said that the book arose after a group of children asked him questions about his son's death and they were able to discuss it in a "matter-of-fact" way. [2] It begins with a picture of Rosen looking happy, with text explaining that he is sad and only pretending to be happy. The book frequently uses a disconnection between text and image to communicate the complex feelings of grief. [3] Sharman, Andy (28 August 2008), "Michael Rosen: 'Give children books, not SATs' ", The Independent, London .

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UWE Bristol: News". Info.uwe.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013 . Retrieved 27 November 2012. Today, Rosen continues to write and speak on a variety of topics, including children's literature, education, and language. He is known as one of the most influential and beloved children's writers of his generation.My son Eddie, Joe’s younger brother, died in 1999 [aged 18, of meningitis]. Together, we functioned as a threesome. When we lost him, someone at the heart of the family, everything changed. The dynamic of how we all were shifted. We weren’t three together ever again. Eddie was a loud person who took up a lot of space, physically, emotionally and verbally, and I remember Joe being quite quiet by comparison. Maybe in the many years since I’ve got to know Joe better, in a way. That’s not to say that Rosen doesn’t ever feel sad or emotional. He gets tearful when he meets the nurses who looked after him in hospital, for instance. “I met one in a TV studio and I got really upset,” he recalls. “But I don’t think of that as a bad thing. I meet these people and this wave of feeling comes up – I don’t really know what it is, other than I’m saying, ‘How did you do it? How did you keep me alive?’ And they tell me, and it’s lovely.”