James Merrill's National Book Award for Mirabell: Books of Number. It was Merrill's second National Book Award win in 12 years. Merrill gave the prize money to Hubbell Pierce, inventor of the bat wallpaper at 107 Water Street where many…
National Book Award Finalist Medallion for A Frolic of His Own by William Gaddis, November 16, 1994. A Frolic of His Own was Gaddis's fourth novel and second U.S. National Book Award for Fiction win.
National Book Award Acceptance Speech for Merrill's first NBA, for Nights and Days. There was a sideshow at that year's ceremony, with a large group in the audience walking out in protest of the Vietnam war when Hubert Humphrey spoke.