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Clare Mulroy is USA TODAY's books reporter, covering new releases, publishing news, reader trends and author features. Clare has been with USA TODAY since 2022. She is a two-time winner of NLGJA's "Excellence in Bisexual Coverage" award for her reporting on bisexual-affirming health care and biphobia. She studied journalism at American University and is based in New York City.

You can view her stories for USA TODAY here: https://www.usatoday.com/staff/7713150001/clare-mulroy/

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What to do with Dr. Seuss? How he changed childhoods and left a complicated legacy.

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Catch a glimpse of Geisel's editing and work style through his early drafts. SAN DIEGO – In the fall of 1989, Cathy Goldsmith flew from New York City to San Diego and slept in Theodor Geisel's guest room. Geisel was frail, sporting a beard to cover the effects of oral cancer surgery. His wife, Audrey, feared he wouldn't live to finish his current project. As his longtime art director, Goldsmith came to get "Oh, The Places You'll Go!" across the finish line.
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This rare discovery unveils new Dr. Seuss book

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| The Spokesman-Review Verified
SAN DIEGO – Tucked in an unassuming hallway at the Geisel Library at UC San Diego are troves of artwork and writing of the late Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. Here, you can thumb through original sketches from “The Cat in the Hat” and see margin notes with directions for the printer. If you look closely at a framed draft of “Oh, the Places You’ll Go,” you can see where Geisel taped scrap paper for edits.
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What to do with Dr. Seuss? How he changed childhoods and left a complicated legacy. Original

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| USA Today Verified
July 11, 2026, 9:01 a.m. ET SAN DIEGO – In the fall of 1989, Cathy Goldsmith flew from New York City to San Diego and slept in Theodor Geisel's guest room. Geisel was frail, sporting a beard to cover the effects of oral cancer surgery. His wife, Audrey, feared he wouldn’t live to finish his current project. As his longtime art director, Goldsmith came to get “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” across the finish line.
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