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A manatee swimming. Dennis Matheson / Creative Commons.
Poetry

Developers at Crystal River

James Merrill
October 1, 1980
Black and white photo of light coming through windows in the apse of San Vitale in Ravenna with mosaics. Courtesy N.P. Sullo.
Essays

Days of 1952

On the rapture of experiencing art in solitude
James Merrill
April 1, 1992
Ink sketch of minotaurs in profile. Jean Cocteau, Untitled. Courtesy 888 Auctions.
Poetry

Minotaur

James Merrill
April 1, 1999
Charles Bridge in Prague covered in mist. Adapted from R. Boed / Creative Commons.
Poetry

Rhapsody on Czech Themes

James Merrill
October 1, 1995
Merrill with Mask of Keats and Head of Hermes. Courtesy Washington University in St. Louis Special Collections.
Poetry

To the Reader

James Merrill
November 1, 1990
Image of COVID-19 virus. Graphic by Bianca Ibarlucea.
Pandemic Files

The Hour Between Dog and Wolf

Monica Ferrell
June 16, 2020
View of the Tiber River at Sunset. Stefano Avolio / Creative Commons.
Poetry

Walks in Rome

James Merrill
March 1, 1988
A page from one of James Merrill's manuscripts
Poetry

Days of 1941 and ‘44

James Merrill
July 1, 1984
Ouija board. James Merrill Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Poetry

The Five Elemental Voices

James Merrill
June 1, 1978
Young James Merrill with his pet terrier at "The Orchard" in 1930.
From the Archives

Cosmo

James Merrill
April 1, 1994