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James Merrill reads his poem "An Upward Look" at Washington University's Simon Hall in 1994.

James Merrill reads his poem "164 East 72nd Street" at Washington University's Simon Hall in 1994.

James Merrill reads from "The Changing Light at Sandover" with Peter Hooten at Washington University's Simon Hall in 1994.

James Merrill reads "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop and his own poem dedicated to Bishop, "Developers at Crystal River" on April 11, 1980 at the Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives, San Francisco

James Merrill reads his poem "The Victor Dog" at Behrend College of the Pennsylvania State College in Erie, Pennsylvania.

James Merrill discusses the impetus to his relationship with Washington University's Modern Literature Collection, at the first James Merrill Symposium.

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 "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop and his own poem dedicated to Bishop, "Developers at Crystal River," at the Poetry Center in San Francisco.

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.