Shirley Baker, Helen Vendler, and James Merrill at "James Merrill: A Life in Writing" symposium at Washington University, Nov. 18-19, 1994. Vendler is an esteemed professor and poetry critic who had been championing Merrill's work at least sinceā¦
Audio recording of James Merrill reading "Pola Diva," (a translation of Alexandrian poet Ayoub Sinano) in Brown Hall at Washington University in Saint Louis, 1968.