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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

Upcoming Events

Workshop with Paul Maddern: Poems I love about loss
Workshop with Paul Maddern: Poems I love about loss
When
Nov 21, 2023, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Where
Stonington,
107 Water St, Stonington, CT 06378, USA
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MAKE  A DONATION

Since 1995, the Merrill House has hosted over 100 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. 

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