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Hellen Plummer letter to James Merrill regarding "Lost in Translation" and how much his work keeps impressing her. She shows herself to be a "fair literary critic" in this letter.

A homemade Ouija board, one of numerous boards James Merrill and David Jackson employed through the years for their séances. Merrill said they preferred these to the store-bought boards because they allowed for more room for clearer and faster…

Hooten, Merrill, Yenser in a photo capturing a happy moment between the three.

James Merrill reads "Ideas" on the audio program A MOVEABLE FEAST, hosted by Tom Vitale, c1991.

James Merrill reads "In Monument Valley" in the Women's Building at Washington University in St. Louis, 1971.

Photograph of James Merrill as a young man standing outside looking to his left, August 23, 1948.

Photograph of James Merrill as a young man standing alone in front of canyons.

Photograph of James Merrill leaning against a stone wall amid ancient ruins, January 1967.

Photograph of James Merrill as an older man, wearing a white jacket and tie.

Photograph of James Merrill as an older man, standing among the leaves of a tree and facing sideways.