Langdon Hammer
Langdon Hammer is the Niel Gray, Jr. Professor of English at Yale University. He is the author of James Merrill: Life and Art and, with Stephen Yenser, coeditor of A Whole World: Letters from James Merrill. He is at work on a critical biography of Elizabeth Bishop.
The Poet as a Young Critic
In Thom Gunn’s early work for The Yale Review, he valued style above all else
June 27, 2024
