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James Merrill reads his poem "Cornwall" at the first James Merrill Symposium.

James Merrill reads his poem "Icecap" at the first James Merrill Symposium.

James Merrill reads his poem "A Downward Look" at the first James Merrill Symposium.

A clip from James Merrill's play The Image Maker. The production was performed by both live actors and marionettes. In this pivotal monolgue, one of the play's puppets, Miguel, challenges his creator, The Image Maker.

James Merrill reads his poem "The Blue Grotto" at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival at the Hill-Stead Museum.

James Merrill reads the poem "Ideas" on the radio program "A Moveable Feast" hosted by Tom Vitale. The episode is titled "Late Settings."

James Merrill reads his sonnet sequence "The Broken Home" in Brown Hall at Washington University. Inspiration for this sequence came, in part, from his experience with his parents' divorce.

See also "Looking at Mummy" manuscript page and Journal…

Cover and first 25 pages of theVoices from Sandovervideo script, final draft, with corrections. This was an expanded version of the dramatic reading/stage version. With Hooten's connections in the film industry, it was possible for "highly talented…

Cover page, title page and four sample pages from the limited edition chapbook of "Volcanic Holiday"--a "wary love poem" to Peter Hooten--with stanzas printed on separate sheets accompanied by etchings by Dorthea Tanning.

Cover of David Jackson: Scenes from His Life - a "lavish chapbook" James Merrill produced for Jackson's 70th birthday, containing fourteen of David's sketches and paintings from the 1950s to 70s - each image paired with a related passage from…