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ABOUT
JAMES MERRILL
James Ingram Merrill was an American writer of poetry, essays, fiction, and plays. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1977. He purchased 107 Water Street in 1956 and left it to the Stonington Village Improvement Association (SVIA) when he died in 1995.
WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
Learn about our Writer-In-Residence program, find out what it’s like to live and work in the James Merrill House, and find information about our Residency.
The residency provides living and working space to a writer to complete a project of literary or academic merit.
ABOUT
THE HOUSE
A National Historic Landmark in Stonington, Connecticut, the 1901 James Merrill House is a late-Victorian commercial and residential building significant for its close, forty-one-year association with American poet James Ingram Merrill. Learn more about 107 Water Street.
INFORMATION ON
NEWS & EVENTS
Browse our events calendar and read from our newsletter archive.
Our events are all recorded live online on our Youtube Channel and Facebook page. View our archive and learn more about upcoming events. Read about the events, and more, in our newsletters.
NEXT EVENT:
Saturday, June 19th 5pm-6pm
Virtual reading with Merrill House Fellow and Yale Younger Poet, Desiree Bailey
watch live on Youtube or Facebook
IN CASE YOU MISSED
Annual Merrill Lecture with MARLON JAMES
MAKE A DONATION
In our 25th year, the Merrill House has hosted over 85 writers to live and work here and share their writing with the community in free lectures and readings. Your donation will keep the literary legacy of James Merrill alive.