Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 71

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Photograph Brookie Maxwell William Maxwell was interviewed in his East Side New York apartment. He wore a tie and blazer for the occasion. A tall, spare man, he sat on the edge of a low sofa, his knees nearly touching his chin. Twice he rose and went to the walnut bookcase, once for Virgini...

Interviewed by John Seabrook Issue 85, Fall 1982 Photograph Brookie Maxwell William Maxwell was interviewed in his East Side New York apartment. He wore a tie and blazer for the occasion. A tall, spare man, he sat on the edge of a low sofa, his knees nearly touching his chin. Twice he rose and went to the walnut bookcase, once for Virginia Woolf's Between the Acts , and then for Eliot's Four Quartets , which he studied patiently for the lines he needed. At the end of the living room, two large windows looked out on the street, eight floors below, where one could see the morning traffic, but no

Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 71

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