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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 since…

"Philosopher-Critic Joining Washington U. Faculty," St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Photograph of William H. Gass, Washington University campus, 1980s

William H. Gass giving a commencement speech for the School of Architecture at Washington University, May 17, 1991.

Photograph William H. Gass teaching at Washington University.

James Merrill reads his sonnet sequence "The Broken Home" in Brown Hall at Washington University, 1968.

James Merrill reads "In Monument Valley" in the Women's Building at Washington University in St. Louis, 1971.

James Merrill reads "Days of 1964" in January Hall at Washington University in St. Louis, 1985.

James Merrill reads "Mandala" in the Women's Building at Washington University, 1971.

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.