Letters from Max: A Poet, a Teacher, a Friendship

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Letters from Max: A Poet, a Teacher, a Friendship

In 2012, Sarah Ruhl was a distinguished author and playwright, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Max Ritvo, a student in her playwriting class at Yale University, was an exuberant, opinionated, and highly gifted poet. He was also in remission from pediatric cancer.

Over the next four yearsâ€•in which Ritvoâ€™s illness returned and his health declined, even as his productivity bloomedâ€•the two exchanged letters that spark with urgency, humor, and the desire for connection. Reincarnation, books, the afterlife as an Amtrak quiet car, good soup: in Ruhl and Ritvoâ€™s exchanges, all ideas are fair, nourishing game, shared and debated in a spirit of generosity and love. â€œWeâ€™ll always know one another forever, however long ever is,â€ Ritvo writes. â€œAnd thatâ€™s all I wantâ€•is to know you forever.â€

Studded with poems and songs, Letters from Max is a deeply moving portrait of a friendship, and a shimmering exploration of love, art, mortality, and the afterlife.
Country USA
Brand Milkweed Editions
Manufacturer Milkweed Editions
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781571313690
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781571313690
ReleaseDate 2018-09-11

Country	USA
Brand	Milkweed Editions
Manufacturer	Milkweed Editions
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781571313690
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781571313690
ReleaseDate	2018-09-11

Letters from Max: A Poet, a Teacher, a Friendship

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