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A Whole World: Letters from James Merrill
By Langdon Hammer & Stephen Yenser
- ISBN
- 9781101875506
- Publisher
- Knopf.
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Reviewed on March 1, 2021 | Literary Authors
The first letter that poet James Merrill wrote was to Santa, asking for a flashlight for Christmas. The last, written four days before his death in 1995, was addressed to a newly published author, congratulating him on his first published book. In his adult years, Merrill wrote almost daily: to family, friends, lovers and ex-lovers, and acquaintances. Much of this collection, edited by Hammer (English, Yale Univ.; ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
