Reminiscent of Rilke\'s Letters to a Young Poet , a singular correspondence exploring friendship, art, and the meaning of life.
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..
And that\'s all I want--is to know you forever.
We\'ll always know one another forever, however long ever is, Ritvo writes.
Reincarnation, books, the afterlife as an Amtrak quiet car, good soup: in Ruhl and Ritvo\'s exchanges, all ideas are fair, nourishing game, shared and debated in a spirit of generosity and love.
Over the next four years--in which Ritvo\'s illness returned and his health declined, even as his productivity bloomed--the two exchanged Letters that spark with urgency, humor, and the desire for connection.
He was also in remission from pediatric cancer.
Max Ritvo, a student in her playwriting class at Yale University, was an exuberant, opinionated, and highly gifted poet.
In 2012, Sarah Ruhl was a distinguished author and playwright, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Reminiscent of Rilke\'s Letters to a Young Poet , a singular correspondence exploring friendship, art, and the meaning of life
