{"product_id":"a-william-maxwell-portrait-charles-baxter-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 Ending this splendid collection is Maxwell himself, in the unpublished speech \"The Writer as Illusionist.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Baxter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393057712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393057713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/14\/2004 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2004 pg. 86","brand":"Charles Baxter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43980919243007,"sku":"9780393057713","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff7bd821-8df9-41e2-8f90-9e6e3b3c6d78.jpg?v=1683252655","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-william-maxwell-portrait-charles-baxter-9780393057713","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}