Merwin, W.S.

W.S. Merwin

January 14, 1969

Photographer

Nancy Carrick Holbert

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W.S. Merwin

January 14, 1969

Photographer

Nancy Carrick Holbert

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W.S. Merwin

February 12, 1975

Photographer

Lois Shelton

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Readings from this author

April 17, 2008 - W.S. Merwin

W.S. Merwin reads from Travels (1993), The Rain in the Trees (1988), and The Shadow of Sirius (2008). Used with permission of the Wylie Agency LLC.

September 18, 1998 - W.S. Merwin

W.S. Merwin reads from The Vixen (1996), Flower and Hand (1996), The River Sound (1999), and The Pupil (2001), as well as selections from his novel in verse The Folding Cliffs (1998). Used with permission of the Wylie Agency LLC.

January 17, 1990 - W.S. Merwin

W.S. Merwin reads poems from collections spanning four decades of work, including poems that would be collected three years later in Travels (1993). Used with permission of the Wylie Agency LLC.

September 5, 1984 - W.S. Merwin

W.S. Merwin reads widely from his works. Used with permission of the Wylie Agency LLC.

March 22, 1977 - W.S. Merwin

W.S. Merwin reads widely from his work. He also reads dreams transcribed and translated by anthropologist Robert M. Laughlin. Used with permission of the Wylie Agency LLC.

February 12, 1975 - W.S. Merwin

W.S. Merwin reads from his most recent collections of poetry: The Lice (1967), The Carrier of Ladders (1970), and Writings to an Unfinished Accompaniment (1973). He also reads then-new work that would be collected in The Compass Flower (1977). Merwin opens the reading with prose from The Miner's Pale Children (1970) and also reads three prose pieces that would appear in Houses and Travellers (1977). Used with permission of the Wylie Agency LLC.

January 14, 1969 - W.S. Merwin

W.S. Merwin reads from his early collections The Moving Target (1963) and The Lice (1967), as well as from The Carrier of Ladders (1970), which had not yet been completed at the time of this reading. Used with permission of the Wylie Agency LLC.