In 2012 Sarah Ruhl was a distinguished author and playwright, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Max Ritvo was a student in her play writing class at Yale University. He was an exuberant, opinionated, and highly gifted poet. He was also in remission from pediatric cancer. 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 spoke with urgency, humor, and the desire for connection. They talked about everything reincarnation, the afterlife, an Amtrak quiet car, good soup. All of it in the letters. The letters have now been published in a book titled, "Letters From Max: A Book Of Friendship".
Joining us today is Sarah Ruhl.