{"product_id":"a-william-maxwell-portrait-memories-and-appreciations-hardcover","title":"A William Maxwell Portrait: Memories and Appreciations - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Baxter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichael Collier\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEdward Hirsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Maxwell, who died in July 2000, was revered as one of the twentieth century's great American writers and a longtime fiction editor at \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e. Now writers who knew Maxwell and were inspired by him--both the man and his work--offer intimate essays, most specifically written for this volume, that \"bring him back to life, right there in front of us.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alec Wilkinson writes of Maxwell as mentor; Edward Hirsch remembers him in old age; Charles Baxter illuminates the magnificent novel \u003cem\u003eSo Long, See You Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e; Ben Cheever recalls Maxwell and his own father; Donna Tartt vividly describes Maxwell's kindness to herself as a first novelist; and Michael Collier admires him as a supreme literary correspondent. Other appreciations include insightful pieces by Alice Munro, Anthony Hecht, a poem by John Updike, and a brief tribute from Paula Fox. Ending this splendid collection is Maxwell himself, in the unpublished speech \"The Writer as Illusionist.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748101357856,"sku":"9780393057713","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/308c168e5a86e1c69643962ac46e3539.webp?v=1779904488","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-william-maxwell-portrait-memories-and-appreciations-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}