Morning Bites: Midwestern Noir, Maurice Sendak, J.J. Abrams Novel, AOL Firings, And More

The lack of appreciation for “Midwestern Noir” is pretty staggering.

• Maurice Sendak returns to illustrating after thirty years out of the game.

• Little, Brown to release a J.J. Abrams book.

• Mass firings at AOL turns into a scorched earth policy.