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Max and Marjorie: The Correspondence Between Maxwell E. Perkins and Marjorie Kinnan Rawl [Hardcover]

Maxwell E. Perkins (Author), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Author), Rodger L. Tarr (Editor)

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Maxwell Perkins was an obscure figure to the reading public until A. Scott Berg's Max Perkins: Editor of Genius (LJ 6/1/78) told the story of his heroic efforts in developing the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and other important 20th-century writers. Here Tarr, a Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings scholar, publishes the entire correspondence between the editor and Rawlings, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Yearling. Some 698 letters, notes, and telegrams are annotated and set in chronological order, starting with Perkins's encouraging response to Rawlings's submission to a short story contest in 1930. These wonderful letters reveal the intricate working interplay between an author and editor and the unfolding of a personal friendship between two remarkable people. Additionally, the reader is treated to a first-person account of the workings of the legendary publisher Charles Scribner's Sons and candid gossip about Perkins's other authors. Perkins's immense correspondence has resulted in a number of fine books: Editor to Author: The Letters of Maxwell Perkins (Cherokee Pub., 1991), Dear Scott, Dear Max: The Fitzgerald-Perkins Correspondence (S. & S., 1991), and The Only Thing That Counts: The Ernest Hemingway/ Maxwell Perkins Correspondence 1925-1947 (LJ 10/1/96). This contribution is highly recommended for larger libraries collecting American literature.APaul A. D'Alessandro, Portland P.L., ME
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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The editor a writer dreams of and the writer an editor yearns for come to life in this exchange of letters. Maxwell Perkins, of course, is the legendary editor of Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald when they were being published by Scribner's. Majorie Kinnan Rawlings, best known for her novel The Yearling, came to Perkins' attention when she submitted a story for a contest being run by Scribner's magazine. The first exchange of letters in 1930 established a pattern that would continue until Perkins died in 1947, for a total of 698 letters, notes, and telegrams, according to editor Tarr (Illinois State Univ.; Poems by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 1997). Perkins praises the story (eventually published as ``Jacob's Ladder'') and then gently offers specific suggestions for revisions, recommending a completely new ending. Rawlings responds with gratitude (``I appreciate your painstaking criticism'') and complies with a rewrite. From then on, Perkins in his Manhattan office and Rawlings in her Florida backwater formed a team that would lead to commercial and artistic success, including a Pulitzer Prize. Even as Rawlings' international reputation grew, Perkins coaxed her in new directions, often urging her to rethink plot, character, and organization. She was almost always receptive to his suggestions, even as she grew more confident of her abilities as a writer. Besides literary debate, their letters were full of gossip and news of mutual friends (Hemingway stories abound), as well as mundane discussions of deadlines, page proofs, and remuneration. Perkins would often send her the latest books from the Scribner list, and she would send him crates of oranges along with funny stories and introductions to talented friends (Zora Neale Hurston was one writer she recommended). The evolution of a literary partnership at its best, with Rawlings revealing the anguish, frustration, and fulfillment of a dedicated writer's life and Perkins the empathy and unwavering standards of a remarkable editor. (Facsimiles, 6 b&w photos, most not seen.) -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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Amazon.com: 4.8 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews)

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Perfect Wedding of Writer and Editor, Dec 19 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Max and Marjorie: The Correspondence Between Maxwell E. Perkins and Marjorie Kinnan Rawl (Hardcover)
This is a breathtaking book . . . I felt like I was in the room with Marjorie as she wrote each letter to Max Perkins. She is engaging, perceptive, very charming and brutally honest by turns. Max Perkins knew how to motivate Marjorie toward her best work through compliments and gentle reminders. When Max dies, it is hearbreaking, because the book is over, and I wanted it to continue on.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Letters of a Lifetime, July 17 2000
By Aphrodite Konduros - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Max and Marjorie: The Correspondence Between Maxwell E. Perkins and Marjorie Kinnan Rawl (Hardcover)
I had chills when Perkins wrote Rawlings, "I see you book as a story about a boy growing up in the scrub...." and the Yearling was born from America's greatest editor to one of his authors that he understood as only he could.Reading his letters to her is to know American fiction first hand, from the genius's workshop gently passed on to a brilliant pupil. I have nothing but praise for the collector for bringing this to us.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous, Oct 17 2000
By Judith C. Kinney - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Max and Marjorie: The Correspondence Between Maxwell E. Perkins and Marjorie Kinnan Rawl (Hardcover)
Max Perkins was the emperor of editors. I'm an editor myself (of textbooks), and Editor to Author, a collection of Perkins's letters to many of his writers, taught me how to deal with authors in order to get the best out of them. Two things about Max and Marjorie especially struck me. One was the difference between then and now in speed of communication. We'd never have these wonderful letters if Max and Marjorie had been using email or the telephone. The other was the insensitive attitude toward blacks. These were two educated and sensitive people. They didn't even realize what they were doing or saying. It seems horrible now.

I have worked on textbooks in which the writing process is a prominent feature in teaching students, and it is made to sound deadly dull, but the writing process makes a fascinating subject when it's discussed by Max and Marjorie.

I gave up a night's sleep because I did not want to put this book down.

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