The Book of Ephraim

by James Merrill

Book Overview

For the first time in a stand-alone edition, the acclaimed poet's classic poem about his communication with Ephraim, a guiding spirit in the Other World, is here introduced and annotated by poet and Merrill scholar Stephen Yenser.

"The Book of Ephraim," which first appeared as the final poem in James Merrill's Pulitzer-winning volume Divine Comedies (1976), tells the story of how he and his partner David Jackson (JM and DJ as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1524711349
• ISBN13: 9781524711344
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"