On October 22 & 23, 2015, Washington University Libraries’ Special Collections will be hosting a free symposium on poet James Merrill, to celebrate his writing, his life, literary archive, and more. The keynote speaker will be Langdon Hammer, professor of English at Yale University, and author of the recently published biography, James Merrill: Life and Art<http://www.jamesmerrillweb.com/>.

Please go here<http://merrillsymposium.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=2139063089> to register for the symposium. To find out more details, visit the Facebook event page<https://www.facebook.com/events/999607076730717/>, or feel free to contact Joel Minor, Curator of the Modern Literature Collection, and organizer of the symposium: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 314-935-5413.