I am heartsick tonight
my hopes and prayers are with
the residents of an apartment complex in
Ferguson, Missouri
it’s 2 in the afternoon and a teenage boy
is visiting his grandmother
when he is shot by…
Shirley Baker, Helen Vendler, and James Merrill at "James Merrill: A Life in Writing" symposium at Washington University, Nov. 18-19, 1994. Vendler is an esteemed professor and poetry critic who had been championing Merrill's work at least since…