Alec Wilkinson writes of Maxwell as mentor; Edward Hirsch remembers him in old age; Charles Baxter illuminates the magnificent novel So Long, See You Tomorrow; 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 Ending this splendid collection is Maxwell himself, in the unpublished speech "The Writer as Illusionist."

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 08/17/2004
ISBN: 9780393057713
Pages: 234
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/14/2004 pg. 52
Library Journal 11/01/2004 pg. 86