W. S. Merwin Summary

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Biographies (2)

5,751 words, approx. 20 pages
William Stanley Merwin was born in New York City and grew up in Union City, New Jersey, and in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1947 he received an A.B. in English from Princeton University. He worked as a ... Read more
12,928 words, approx. 44 pages
If there is one poet who serves as a guide through this perilous second half of the century and whose work serves as an example of both the contemporary poetic process and its inextricable bonds to an... Read more