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

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Mona Van Duyn letter to James Merrill in which Van Duyn requests on behalf of Washington University Libraries to start collecting Merrill's literary papers at Washington University. Van Duyn’s personal inquiry persuaded Merrill to accept the…

Merrill discusses his relationship with the Modern Literature Collection and Mona Van Duyn at Washington University's Simon Hall in 1994.

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Autograph [photocopy] notes for James Merrill's reading during "James Merrill: A Life in Writing," sponsored by Washington University Libraries, November 19, 1994. In commemoration of the Modern Literature Collection’s 30th anniversary.

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Advertisement for “James Merrill: A Life in Writing” sponsored by Washington University Libraries, November 18-19, 1994. In commemoration of the Modern Literature Collection’s 30th anniversary.

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Modern Literature Collection, Volume 1, Number 1, Fall 1994 issue featuring “The Art of Self: Autobiography in an Age of Narcissism” by William H. Gass. Published as “The Art of Self” in Harper’s Magazine (May 1994) and…

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Manuscript draft fragments of "Toy Beer," a short story written by Gass, with autograph draft of letter to Mona Van Duyn on verso, replying to her invitation for him to send manuscripts to the newly forming Modern Literature Collection at Washington…
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