Location
Ann W. Olin Women's Building - Formal Lounge
Event Website
http://merrillsymposium.eventzilla.net/
Start Date
23-10-2015 10:30 AM
Description
10:30 a.m. — Session 2: Remembering Jimmy
- Stephen Yenser, distinguished professor of English, UCLA — Reading an essay about his friendship with Merrill
- Randy Bean, board member, James Merrill House Committee — Presenting on the history and initiatives of the James Merrill House
- Judith Moffett, adjunct professor emerita of English, University of Pennsylvania — Mixed Messages, an excerpt from "Unlikely Friends: A Memoir"
- Rachel Hadas, professor of English, Rutgers University — (via prerecorded video) reading an excerpt from "The Book of Ephraim," reading her poem, "Threshold and Mirror: the Biography," and recollecting her friendship with Merrill
Included in
Oct 23rd, 10:30 AM
Session 2: Remembering Jimmy
Ann W. Olin Women's Building - Formal Lounge
10:30 a.m. — Session 2: Remembering Jimmy
- Stephen Yenser, distinguished professor of English, UCLA — Reading an essay about his friendship with Merrill
- Randy Bean, board member, James Merrill House Committee — Presenting on the history and initiatives of the James Merrill House
- Judith Moffett, adjunct professor emerita of English, University of Pennsylvania — Mixed Messages, an excerpt from "Unlikely Friends: A Memoir"
- Rachel Hadas, professor of English, Rutgers University — (via prerecorded video) reading an excerpt from "The Book of Ephraim," reading her poem, "Threshold and Mirror: the Biography," and recollecting her friendship with Merrill
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/merrill/merrill2015/schedule/4