James Merrill reads "The Pruned Tree" by Howard Moss and "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop

Item

Merrill, James, and Washington University in St. Louis. “James Merrill Reads "The Pruned Tree" by Howard Moss and ‘One Art’ by Elizabeth Bishop”. Https://youtu.be/OzgEW2sJcQo. Washington University in St. Louis, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/39795

Title
James Merrill reads "The Pruned Tree" by Howard Moss and "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop
Description
James Merrill reads "The Pruned Tree" by Howard Moss (poetry editor of the New Yorker and friend of Merrill's) and "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop at the first James Merrill Symposium.
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Creator
Merrill, James
Washington University in St. Louis
Date
Recorded 1994: November 17
Published online 2015: October 14
Language
English
Type
Poetry
Source
Mona Van Duyn and Jarvis Thurston Papers (MSS144)
Publisher
Washington University in St. Louis
Modern Literature Collection
Identifier
MSS144_XI_james_merrill_1994_Merrill_Clip_The _Pruned_Tree
Rights Holder
Washington University in St. Louis
Relation
https://youtu.be/ozgEW2sJcQo
Format
VHS cassette
MP4 video
Extent
00:04:19
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Merrill, James, and Washington University in St. Louis. “James Merrill Reads "The Pruned Tree" by Howard Moss and ‘One Art’ by Elizabeth Bishop”. Https://youtu.be/OzgEW2sJcQo. Washington University in St. Louis, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/39795