A Different Person: A Memoir"A Different Person is eminent poet James Merrill's coming-of-age portrait. While in his twenties, Merrill, born to comfort and privilege, sets sail in 1950 with a young man's passionate expectations for the Europe that will change his life. Centering his story on this odyssey, he opens his life to us in a memoir that puts wit, sensibility, and elegance of mind to the service of unflinching autobiographical truth." --from back cover |
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... Dr Detre nodded . My museum of past dreams all at once looked small and shabby . I never asked Dr Detre what school ... Detre's command of English . The undertones and double meanings I sought in my poems were bound , I thought , to reappear ...
... Dr Detre nodded . My museum of past dreams all at once looked small and shabby . I never asked Dr Detre what school ... Detre's command of English . The undertones and double meanings I sought in my poems were bound , I thought , to reappear ...
Page 143
... Dr Detre's couch , repeating a familiar litany . She couldn't endure my " life , " I must practice the utmost ... Dr Detre , " we are wasting time . Whether you know it or not , last May your father asked Dr Simeons and me for a joint ...
... Dr Detre's couch , repeating a familiar litany . She couldn't endure my " life , " I must practice the utmost ... Dr Detre , " we are wasting time . Whether you know it or not , last May your father asked Dr Simeons and me for a joint ...
Page 182
... DR DETRE SEEMED PLEASED by my having at last expressed , however indirectly , some feelings about him . Popu- lar psychology had led me , at the start , to anticipate falling in love with my analyst . It turned out , however , that ...
... DR DETRE SEEMED PLEASED by my having at last expressed , however indirectly , some feelings about him . Popu- lar psychology had led me , at the start , to anticipate falling in love with my analyst . It turned out , however , that ...
Contents
Decision to go abroad My dearest friend | 3 |
Tony puts one over on the French Visit | 16 |
With my father in Italy Dr Simeons | 30 |
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