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Session 4: James Merrill: Life And Archive, Joel Minor, Langdon Hammer, Justin Reed
Session 4: James Merrill: Life And Archive, Joel Minor, Langdon Hammer, Justin Reed
James Merrill SymposiumOctober 22-23, 2015
2:45 p.m. — Session 4: James Merrill: Life and Archive
An introduction to James Merrill resources in Washington University Special Collections.
See http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/merrill-life-archive
Session 3: Digital Merrill, Shannon Davis, Annelise Duerden, Heidi Lim, Joe Loewenstein, Timothy Materer
Session 3: Digital Merrill, Shannon Davis, Annelise Duerden, Heidi Lim, Joe Loewenstein, Timothy Materer
James Merrill SymposiumOctober 22-23, 2015
1:15 p.m. — Session 3: Digital Merrill
- Shannon Davis, digital library services manager, WU: The James Merrill Digital Archive: Process and Product
- Annelise Duerden, PhD candidate in English, WU — “Admit It Arguably A priori Admittedly I have failed”: Re-vision in the Merrill Archive
- Heidi Lim, PhD candidate in English, WU — To Tag or Not to Tag: The Digital Markup Process as a Form of Reading
- Timothy Materer, professor emeritus, University of Missouri — The Poem as a Netscape
Session 2: Remembering Jimmy, Stephen Yenser, Randy Bean, Judith Moffett, Rachel Hadas
Session 2: Remembering Jimmy, Stephen Yenser, Randy Bean, Judith Moffett, Rachel Hadas
James Merrill SymposiumOctober 22-23, 2015
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
Session 1: "Eyes Raised In Ecstasy": The Analog Merrill, Thomas Brennan, Tamara Taylor, Steven Meyer
Session 1: "Eyes Raised In Ecstasy": The Analog Merrill, Thomas Brennan, Tamara Taylor, Steven Meyer
James Merrill SymposiumOctober 22-23, 2015
9:00 a.m. — Session 1: “Eyes Raised in Ecstasy”: The Analog Merrill
- Thomas Brennan, associate professor, Saint Joseph’s University — Ecstasy Edited? Merrill’s “Days of 1971”
- Tamara Taylor, lecturer, WU — “Thinking Light” Between Spaces: Reflective Metaphor
- Steven Meyer, associate professor, WU — Eye’s Mind: The Poetry of the World
Keynote Address: "The Biographical Container", Langdon Hammer
Keynote Address: "The Biographical Container", Langdon Hammer
James Merrill SymposiumOctober 22-23, 2015
Keynote address: “The Biographical Container” by Langdon Hammer, author of James Merrill: Life and Art (Knopf). Watch the video of the address here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BquCAmR6ANI.
Welcome Remarks, Jeffrey Trzeciak
Welcome Remarks, Jeffrey Trzeciak
James Merrill SymposiumOctober 22-23, 2015
Welcome remarks by University Librarian Jeffrey Trzeciak