Short Stories

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Merrill, James. 1954. “Short Stories”. Rare Books Catalogued Items. Claude Fredericks, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38725

Title: Short Stories
Description: A chapbook published by Claude Fredericks, a poet, printer, playwright and teacher who had a romantic relationship with Merrill in the early 1950s, and who remained a lifelong friend. All but one of the nine poems in this collection were later published in The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace. 250 copies were printed (60 for sale) in August 1954.
Subject: Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Creator: Merrill, James
Source: PS3525.E6645 S5 1954
Publisher: Claude Fredericks
Date: 1954: August
Relation: Rare Books Catalogued Items; Exhibit Cases 3-4: Water Street; James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 184, 186, 188
Language: English
Type: Narrative
Format: Book; 1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
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Item sets: Merrill; Merrill Life Archive

Site pages: Water Street - Publications

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