National Book Award Acceptance Speech

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Merrill, James. 1967. “National Book Award Acceptance Speech”. Series_IV_Manuscripts, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38528

Title: National Book Award Acceptance Speech
Description: National Book Award Acceptance Speech for Merrill's first NBA, for Nights and Days. There was a sideshow at that year's ceremony, with a large group in the audience walking out in protest of the Vietnam war when Hubert Humphrey spoke.
Subject: Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Creator: Merrill, James
Source: James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 144, Folder 3785
Date: 1967:March 8
Relation: Series_IV_Manuscripts; Exhibit Cases 5-6: Greece; James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 409-10
Language: English
Type: Manuscript
Identifier: National_Book_Award_Acceptance_Speech_Mar_8_1967-001.jpg
Format: 1 leaf. Recto.; 1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
Rights Holder: Washington University in St. Louis
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Item sets: Merrill; Merrill Life Archive

Site pages: Greece - Manuscripts

Media: National_Book_Award_Acceptance_Speech_Mar_8_1967-001.jpg