'Lift Up Your Hearts!': eight hundred letters, covering the years 1926-1957, include Lowry's walkthrough of 'Under The Volcano' for Jonathan Cape, his English publisher; as well as letters to Conrad Aiken, Jacques Barzun, Earle Birney, John Davenport, Albert Erskine, Robert Giroux, Harold Matson, Gerald Noxon, James Stern and many, many others.
Letters range from impassioned letters to his wives, encouragement to younger writers, and analysis of politics and current affairs.
Sketches and drawings that Lowry included in his lettters appear along with photographs.Edited with an introduction and annotations by Sherril E Grace
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