Familiar Spirits : A Memoir of James Merrill and David Jackson

Book

Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Familiar Spirits : A Memoir of James Merrill and David Jackson

Entry/Object ID

2009.0829.005

Description

"The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie knew James Merrill and David Jackson for more than forty years. Now, in 'Familiar Spirits', she reveals both the worldly and otherworldly sources of Merrill's brilliant poem, 'The Changing Light at Sandover', which he called "his chronicles of love and loss".. In her signature mix of comedy and analysis, she recalls Merrill and Jackson's life together in New York, Athens, and Key West,...." Physical Description: Hardcover book

Collection

Local Authors

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

Gift of the Boylans - July 2009

Book Details

Author

Lurie, Alison

Publisher

Viking / Penguin Group

Place Published

Location

New York

Date Published

2009

Publication Language

English

Call No.

920 L Local Authors

ISBN

0-670-89459-1

Notes

Copy No.: 1