is a playwright, author, professor and MacArthur genius grant recipient.
Max Ritvo was one of her students. When Max's pediatric cancer resurfaced, the two developed a deep friendship and exchanged an extraordinary series of letters in the four years before Max's death in 2016.
Their relationship comes alive in their collected letters, published in the book . Sarah Ruhl is our guest. Mary-Louise Parker recorded her own readings of two Max Ritvo poems for this interview.
