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This James Merrill postcard to David Jackson is one of the first mentions of Jackson in Merrill's Papers. The postcard was written shortly after they first met, and Merrill is wondering when he will see Jackson again.

South African writer Breyten Breytenbach reads from his poem, "For Francooi Viljoen" in his speech at the October 20, 1992 International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in Politics: Under a Politics With a Politics".

James Merrill letter to Hellen Ingram Merrill with a poem draft inspired by Hans Lodeizen, shortly after his death. This later turned into "The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace," a pastoral elegy that imagined a world "under the world."

Poet and human rights activist Carolyn Forche reads from "The Colonel," her account of a harrowing experience during her May, 1978 stay in El Salvador.

Somalian writer Nuruddin Farah speaks at the October 20, 1992 International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in Politics: Under Politics With a Politics".

Argentinian novelist and journalist Luisa Valenzuela speaks at the October 20, 1992 International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in Politics: Under Politics With a Politics".

Chilean writer Antonio Skármeta speaks at the October 18, 1992 International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in Politics: Under Politics With a Politics".

Peruvian author (and former unsuccessful presidential candidate) Mario Vargas Llosa reads from his novel, "The War of the End of The World", in a keynote reading for the October 18, 1992 International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in…

Hans Lodeizen silhouette with correspondence from Lodeizen to James Merrill on verso. The silhouette sat in Merrill's study for many years.