{"product_id":"a-william-maxwell-portrait-memories-and-appreciations-9780393057713","title":"A William Maxwell Portrait: Memories and Appreciations","description":"William 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 Ending this splendid collection is Maxwell himself, in the unpublished speech \"The Writer as Illusionist.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaxter, Charles:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eCharles Baxter\u003c\/strong\u003e lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollier, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Collier\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003cem\u003eThe Ledge\u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He teaches at the University of Maryland and is the director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHirsch, Edward:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eEdward Hirsch\u003c\/strong\u003e has published seven books of poems, including \u003cem\u003eSpecial Orders\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in New York City.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323990642962,"sku":"9780393057713","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2285760b-2e6f-4f84-8717-c9b03d287ff4.jpg?v=1727663664","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-william-maxwell-portrait-memories-and-appreciations-9780393057713","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}