James Merrill
American poet whose Changing Light at Sandover is an extraordinary three-volume poem dictated by spirits through an Ouija board. He won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for Divine Comedies.
Works
- First Poems
- Water StreetPoems on domestic love, Venice, and personal mythology
- The Fire ScreenPoems exploring desire, loss, and relationship through narrative
- Divine ComediesEpic poem using Ouija board as instrument for philosophical vision
- The Changing Light at SandoverMonumental trilogy expanding Ouija channeling into metaphysical autobiography