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Letters from Max: A Book of Friendship
"In 2012, Sarah Ruhl was a distinguished author and playwright, twice a
finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Max Ritvo was an exuberant,
opinionated, and highly gifted poet in remission from pediatric cancer.
Studded with poems and songs, their correspondence is a deeply moving
portrait of a friendship, and a shimmering exploration of love, art,
mortality, and joy." What follows is an excerpt from 'Letters from Max'.
