Among the James Merrill papers are numerous pages recording Merrill's attempts to fashion poetic lines from prescribed sets of letters. These combinatorial texts include several anagrams and variations on the names of celebrities, friends, and even…
Typescript draft of "Bobst Award Acceptance" by Stanley Elkin for the Elmer Holmes Bost Awards in Arts and Letters, December 4, 1991. Elkin received a lifetime achievement award.