James Merrill reading "In Monument Valley" at the Women's Building at Washington University in St. Louis. Merrill was a writer-in-residence at Washington University during this time.
James Merrill reading his poem "Mandala" in the Women's Building at Washington University. Merrill was a writer-in-residence at Washington University at the time.
James Merrill reads "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop and his own poem dedicated to Bishop, "Developers at Crystal River," at the Poetry Center in San Francisco.
James Merrill reading "Pola Diva" in translation from the French at Brown Hall at Washington University in St. Louis. The original poem was written by Alexandrian poet Ayoub Sinano.