Event Title
Session 5: Readings
Location
John M. Olin Library - Special Collections Classroom
Event Website
http://merrillsymposium.eventzilla.net/
Start Date
23-10-2015 4:00 PM
Description
4:00 p.m. — Session 5: Readings of James Merrill poems, letters and translations.
Mary Jo Bang reads the poems "The Green Eye," "To My Greek," and "Light of the Street, Darkness of Your Own House," and the translations "For My Father" and "The Malleability of Sorrow."
Joseph Loewenstein reads from and comments on section "X" of "The Book of Ephraim."
J. D. McClatchy reads two 1973 letters from Merrill to McClatchy.
Carl Phillips reads the poems "The Black Swan," "The Charioteer of Delphi," "Last Words," "My Father's Irish Setters," and "An Upward Look."
Stephen Yenser reads a 1971 letter from Merrill to Yenser, and the poem, "Christmas Tree."
Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPgEUBFA7A7mlpWDetD0e4-r5Z7KlnYrq
Session 5: Readings
John M. Olin Library - Special Collections Classroom
4:00 p.m. — Session 5: Readings of James Merrill poems, letters and translations.
Mary Jo Bang reads the poems "The Green Eye," "To My Greek," and "Light of the Street, Darkness of Your Own House," and the translations "For My Father" and "The Malleability of Sorrow."
Joseph Loewenstein reads from and comments on section "X" of "The Book of Ephraim."
J. D. McClatchy reads two 1973 letters from Merrill to McClatchy.
Carl Phillips reads the poems "The Black Swan," "The Charioteer of Delphi," "Last Words," "My Father's Irish Setters," and "An Upward Look."
Stephen Yenser reads a 1971 letter from Merrill to Yenser, and the poem, "Christmas Tree."
Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPgEUBFA7A7mlpWDetD0e4-r5Z7KlnYrq
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/merrill/merrill2015/schedule/1