For over fifty years, Eudora Welty and William Maxwell, two of our most admired writers, penned letters to each other, sharing worries about work and family, literary opinions and scuttlebutt, moments of despair and hilarity. Living half a continent apart, they nourished and maintained their friendship through their correspondence. What There Is to Say We Have Said bears witness to Welty and Maxwell’s editorial relationship–both in his capacity as New Yorker editor and in their collegial back-and-forth on their work. Here, Suzanne Marrs–Welty’s biographer and friend–offers an unprecedented window into two intertwined lives. Through careful collection of more than 300 letters, she has created a record of a remarkable friendship and a lyrical homage to the forgotten art of letter writing.