William Maxwell and his must read “Nearing 90” NYT piece
“If writers don’t put down what they remember, all sorts of beautiful and moving experiences simply go down the drain forever,” William Maxwell said in a 1982 interview with the Paris Review. A lover and collector of concise sentences, he infused his work with memory, introspection, attention to detail, and depth. This resulted in successful and significant stories about seemingly insignificant people. He was influenced by Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse and James Joyce’s Ulysses, inspired to emulate their writing in his […]
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