Shirley Baker, Helen Vendler, and James Merrill

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“Shirley Baker, Helen Vendler, and James Merrill”. 1994. Series_VI_Audiovisual, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38557

Title: Shirley Baker, Helen Vendler, and James Merrill
Description: 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 1972. The symposium was organized by Holly Hall, Head of Special Collections at Washington University, and included speakers such as Rachel Hadas, Richard Kenney, Stephen Yenser, and Vendler.
Subject: Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Source: James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 187, Folder 50
Date: 1994: November 18-19
Relation: Series_VI_Audiovisual; Exhibit Cases 9-10: Love and Death; James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 784
Type: Photograph
Format: Photograph; 1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
Identifier: MSS083_VI-1-a_820.jpg
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Item sets: Merrill; Merrill Life Archive

Site pages: Love and Death - Audiovisual

Media: MSS083_VI-1-a_820.jpg