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Typed letter, signed from William Jay Smith to James Merrill, October 31, 1994.

Typed letter, signed from Kimon Friar to James Merrill, November 16, 1945. Friar is discussing production of The Black Swan by Merrill.

Typed letter, signed from Kimon Friar to James Merrill, December 2, 1957. Friar is discussing The Seraglio by Merrill.

Typed letter, signed from James Merrill to Mona Van Duyn, February 22, 1990.

Typed letter, signed from James Merrill to Kimon Friar, September 14, 1946.

Autograph letter, signed from James Dickey to James Merrill, December 6, 1959.

Tony Parigory and James Merrill. "Tall, smiling, Alexandrian Tony...In his worldly wisdom, off-color jokes, and macaronic bons mots...he resembled none of Merrill's friends so much as Ephraim, the Familiar Spirit."

James Merrill with Tony Harwood, one of Merrill's first friends at Lawrenceville. The two remained friends, although their friendship became strained as Tony "grew progressively more detached and paranoid."

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…

Tom Vitale's 1991 interview with James Merrill for A MOVEABLE FEAST.