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Excerpt from Voices from Sandover, a play by James Merrill based on Merrill and David Jackson's Ouija board seances. The performance was staged at the Agassiz Theatre at Radcliffee College, produced by Peter Hooten, and directed by Joan Darling. The…

Tom Vitale interviews James Merrill on the program "A Moveable Feast." In this episode, titled "Late Settings," Vitale and Merrill discuss the general themes in Merrill's poems and the emotions behind Merrill's writing process, as well as Merrill's…

James Merrill reads from his piece "The Changing Light at Sandover," a poem based on his and David Jackson's experiences with their Ouija board seances, at the first James Merrill Symposium. He is accompanied here by Peter Hooten voicing the…

James Merrill reads his poem "The Victor Dog" at Behrend College.

James Merrill reads his poem "An Upward Look" at the first James Merrill Symposium.

James Merrill reads his poem "164 East 72nd Street" at the first James Merrill Symposium.

James Merrill reads his poem "Santo" from "The Changing Light at Sandover" at the first James Merrill Symposium.

James Merrill reads "The Pruned Tree" by Howard Moss (poetry editor of the New Yorker and friend of Merrill's) and "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop at the first James Merrill Symposium.

James Merrill reads his six-part poem "The Ring Cycle" at the first James Merrill Symposium.

James Merrill reads his poem "Alessio and the Zinnias" at the first James Merrill Symposium.