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A review by recollections
Letters from Max: A Poet, a Teacher, a Friendship by Sarah Ruhl, Max Ritvo
4.5
"the opening and closing of my mouth is an attempt to fill my face with thought as kind and neat and unshaking as you." — max ritvo
what can i say except ouch and thank you? it is so funny at times as well as heartwrenching.
so...they're both writers. first he's her student, then they're just people who write and a beautiful friendship bloosoms. as the book and max's illness progress the letters become longer and more pensive, shifting mostly toward the topic of mortality (and aliveness). i got to much out of this book, these minds... isn't that the best a writer can do? give you, gift you, something, some thoughts? both sarah and max sure did and i am very grateful.
what can i say except ouch and thank you? it is so funny at times as well as heartwrenching.
so...they're both writers. first he's her student, then they're just people who write and a beautiful friendship bloosoms. as the book and max's illness progress the letters become longer and more pensive, shifting mostly toward the topic of mortality (and aliveness). i got to much out of this book, these minds... isn't that the best a writer can do? give you, gift you, something, some thoughts? both sarah and max sure did and i am very grateful.