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Table of Contents Introduction Steven Meyer James Merrill's Narrative Prose Garth Hallberg The Summer Palace: James Merrill's Fantastical Wallpaper Ida McCall and Margaret Funkhouser The Occasional Verse Jennifer Kronovet and…

James Merrill's baby book with birth announcement. Discussed in Merrill's memoir, A Different Person, the baby book contains the list of gifts Merrill received at birth, including stock shares, silver spoons, gold diaper pins, etc.

James Merrill's silver baby cup and spoon from Tiffany & Co.

James Merrill's bronzed baby shoes.

Typescript drafts of the James Merrill's foreword to Recitative edited by J.D. McClatchy, July 1985.

Typescript drafts of the James Merrill's foreword to Recitative edited by J.D. McClatchy, July 1985.

While he earned his literary reputation on the strength of his many works in verse, James Merrill also carried on a long and intimate relationship with the genre of narrative prose. As a reader, he generally preferred novels to poems, and admired,…

Typescript draft of James Merrill's National Book Award for Mirabell: Books of Number acceptance speech, 1978.

Typescript [photocopy] draft of James Merrill's National Book Award for Nights and Days acceptance speech, 1967.

Typescript draft of James Merrill's National Book Award for Mirabell: Books of Number acceptance speech, 1978.