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James Merrill Reading "The Black Swan"

James Merrill Reading, Amherst College (1982)

James Merrill Reading, Amherst College (1982)

James Merrill reading "The Black Swan" on YouTube. In this reading, Merrill changes the last line from the 1951 version, "In anguish: I love the black swan," and "His lips move: I love the black swan" in the 1984 version, to "I love the black swan, the black swan." The source of the YouTube reading might be the James Merrill recording from the Voice of the Poet series from Random House AudioBooks (1999).

"The Black Swan"
James Merrill Reading "The Black Swan"