Conversations with William Maxwell - Paperbackby Barbara Burkhardt (Editor) Conversations with William Maxwell collects thirty eight interviews, public speeches, and remarks that span five decades of the esteemed novelist and New Yorker editor's career. The interviews collectively address the entirety of Maxwel's literary work with in depth discussion of his short stories, essays, and novels including They Came Like Swallows, The Folded Leaf, and the American Book Award winning So Long, See You