Browse Items (62 total)

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…

James Merrill reading "In Monument Valley" at the Women's Building at Washington University in St. Louis. Merrill was a writer-in-residence at Washington University during this time.

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…

James Merrill reads his poem "Days of 1964" in January hall at Washington University in St. Louis.

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 reading "Pola Diva" in translation from the French at Brown Hall at Washington University in St. Louis. The original poem was written by Alexandrian poet Ayoub Sinano.

James Merrill reading his poem "Mandala" in the Women's Building at Washington University. Merrill was a writer-in-residence at Washington University at the time.

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

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

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