Selected Articles and Reviews by James Merrill

1. "Peru: The Landscape Game." [travel piece]. in Prose (Spring 1971, pp. 105-114.
2. "Object Lessons" [book review"]. In The New York Review of Books 19 (November 30, 1972), pp. 31-34.
3. "Marvelous Poet" [book review]. In The New York Review of Books, 22 (July 17, 1975), pp. 12-17.
4. "Divine Poem" [review essay]. In The New Republic, 183 (November 29, 1980), pp. 29-34.
5. "Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)" [tribute]. In The New York Review of Books, 25 (December 6, 1979), p.6
6. "Condemned to Write About Real Things" [autobiographical sketch]. In The New York Times Book Review, 87 (February 21, 1982), pp.11, 33.

Interviews

1. Bornhaser, Fred. Untitled Interview. Entry includes Merrill's written responses to Contemporary Authors' questions, pp. 326-329. Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, vol.X. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1983.
2. Brown, Ashley, "An Interview with James Merrill." Shenendoah, 19, no. 4 (1968) pp.3-15.
3. Jackson, Richard and Michael Panori. "The Language of Lights." Poetry Miscellany, 13 (1983), PP. 85-87.
4. Kalstone, David. "The Poet: Private." Saturday Review, 55 (December 2, 1972), pp. 43-45.
5. Labrie, Ross. "James Merrill at Home: An Interview." Arizona Quarterly, 38 (1982), pp. 19-36.
6. Lunn, Jean. "A Conversation with James Merrill." Sandscript 6 (1982), pp.2-22.
7. McClatchy, J.D., "The Art of Poetry, XXXI: James Merrill." The Paris Review, 24 (Summer 1982), pp. 184-219.
8. Sheehan, Donald. "An Interview With James Merrill." Contemporary Literature 9, (Winter 1968), pp. 1-14.
9. Vendler, Helen. "James Merril's Myth: An Interview." The New York Review of Books, 26 (May 3, 1979), pp. 12-13.
10. with David Jackson:
    McClatchy, J.D. "DJ: A Conversation with David Jackson." Shenendoah, 30, no. 4 (1979), pp. 23-44.

Criticism

1. Howard, Richard. Alone with America. New York: Atheneum, 1969, pp.327-348.
2. Kalstone, David. Five Temperments. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977, pp.77-128.
3. Labrie, Ross. James Merrill. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1982.
4. Lehman, David, and Charles Berger, eds. James Merrill: Essays in Criticism. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1982.
5. Moffett, Judith, James Merrill: An Introduction to the Poetry. New York: Columbia University Press, 1984.
6. Vendler, Helen. Part of Nature, Part of Us: Modern American Poets. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1980, pp.205-232.

Bibliography

1. "James Merrill: A Bibliographical Checklist." Compiled by Jack W.C. Hagstrom and George Bixby in American Book Collector, New Series 4, no. 6 (November/December, 1983), pp.34-47.