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James Merrill reads "The Broken Home"

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Title

James Merrill reads "The Broken Home"

Subject

Merrill, James, 1926-1995

Description

James Merrill reads his sonnet sequence "The Broken Home" in Brown Hall at Washington University. Inspiration for this sequence came, in part, from his experience with his parents' divorce.

See also "Looking at Mummy" manuscript page and Journal 59.

Creator

Merrill, James

Source

Modern Literature Recorded Multimedia Collection (MSS124), Item 180

Publisher

Washington University in St. Louis
Modern Literature Collection

Date

Recorded 1968
Published online 2015: August 19

Relation

https://youtu.be/JYF5K0cNq38
Photographs: MSS083_VI-1-a_288; MSS083_VI-1-a_305; MSS083_VI-1-a_315; MSS083_VI-1-a_319; MSS083_VI-1-a_334; MSS083_VI-1-a_335; MSS083_VI-1-a_349; MSS083_VI-1-a_354; MSS083_VI-1-a_356; MSS083_VI-1-a_393; MSS083_VI-1-a_406; MSS083_VI-1-a_435; MSS083_VI-1-a_823; MSS083_VI-1-a_903; MSS083_VI-1-a_291; MSS083_VI-1-a_338; MSS083_VI-1-a_873; MSS083_VI-1-a_915; MSS083_VI-1-a_366; MSS083_VI-1-a_336; MSS083_VI-1-a_882; MSS083_VI-1-a_654; MSS083_VI-1-a_901

Format

sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips; 7 in.
sound cassette : analog [copy]
5" Polycarbonate CD-R Disk : digital [copy] recorded at 44.1kHz
MP3 64 kbps

Language

English

Type

Poetry

Identifier

MP3_0180.01_Merrill_Clip_The_Broken_Home

Extent

00:07:11

Rights Holder

Washington University in St. Louis

Citation

Merrill, James, “James Merrill reads "The Broken Home",” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 29, 2024, http://lib-lslv126.wulib.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/13498.