New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. “Becoming a Poet is the first full-scale critical-biographical consideration of a writer who is coming more and more to be seen as a major mid-century American figure. Though much admired and much honored in her lifetime, Elizabeth Bishop has emerged since her death in 1979 as a dominant presence in modern letters – a meticulous craftsman, a strikingly..... More

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. "Following on the heels of his Collected Poems and Collected Novels and Plays, this volume gives us James Merrill at his most intimate: interviews, essays, and a memoir that illuminate his development as a poet and as a man. Merrill's prose- though he claimed to dislike writing it- is conversational and witty, his observations delightful and unexpected. Here are essays..... More