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A William Maxwell Portrait: Memories and Appreciations
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Edited and introduced by Charles Baxter, Michael Collier and Edward Hirsch
Norton, 234 pages, $23.95
Illinois native William Maxwell, who was fiction editor at The New Yorker for four decades, is celebrated in this collection by three generations of writers whom he touched. After reading these inspiring, poignant pieces, find one of Maxwell’s own books, like his 1995 Heartland Award winner, “All the Days and Nights,” for a sense of his generosity of spirit.