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- catalog abstract ""James Merrill and his longtime partner David Jackson were brilliant, rich, charming, generous, and sophisticated, and Merrill was a world-famous poet, known for the autobiographical element in his work. They were also, for over a quarter-century, deeply involved with ghosts, gods, and spirits, with whom they communicated through a Ouija board. Among the results of this intense preoccupation with the occult were a book-length poem, which some critics have called a masterpiece, and the possible destruction of several lives." "The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie knew James Merrill and David Jackson for more than forty years. Now, in Familiar Spirits, she reveals both the worldly and otherworldly sources of Merrill's brilliant poem, The Changing Light at Sandover, which he called his "chronicles of love and loss." In her signature mix of comedy and analysis, she recalls Merrill and Jackson's life together in New York, Athens, and Key West, and speculates on the meaning of their adventures in both the real and unreal worlds. Her account of Merrill and Jackson's peculiar relationship with the supernatural and its tragic end will not only surprise many readers, it will also stand as a poignant memorial to her lost friends."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12020333.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""James Merrill and his longtime partner David Jackson were brilliant, rich, charming, generous, and sophisticated, and Merrill was a world-famous poet, known for the autobiographical element in his work. They were also, for over a quarter-century, deeply involved with ghosts, gods, and spirits, with whom they communicated through a Ouija board. Among the results of this intense preoccupation with the occult were a book-length poem, which some critics have called a masterpiece, and the possible destruction of several lives." "The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie knew James Merrill and David Jackson for more than forty years. Now, in Familiar Spirits, she reveals both the worldly and otherworldly sources of Merrill's brilliant poem, The Changing Light at Sandover, which he called his "chronicles of love and loss." In her signature mix of comedy and analysis, she recalls Merrill and Jackson's life together in New York, Athens, and Key West, and speculates on the meaning of their adventures in both the real and unreal worlds. Her account of Merrill and Jackson's peculiar relationship with the supernatural and its tragic end will not only surprise many readers, it will also stand as a poignant memorial to her lost friends."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Beginnings -- Journeys -- Fame and Failure -- The Ouija Board -- Sandover -- Good News from the Other World -- How and Why -- Doubts -- Key West -- Trouble -- Peter -- Video Days -- Endings.".
- catalog extent "181 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Familiar spirits.".
- catalog identifier "0670894591 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Familiar spirits.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Viking,".
- catalog relation "Familiar spirits.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "811/.5409 B 21".
- catalog subject "Authors, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Gay men United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Jackson, David, 1922-".
- catalog subject "Jackson, David, 1922-2001.".
- catalog subject "Lurie, Alison Friends and associates.".
- catalog subject "Merrill, James Ingram.".
- catalog subject "Merrill, James, 1926-1995.".
- catalog subject "PS3525.E6645 Z774 2001".
- catalog subject "Poets, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Beginnings -- Journeys -- Fame and Failure -- The Ouija Board -- Sandover -- Good News from the Other World -- How and Why -- Doubts -- Key West -- Trouble -- Peter -- Video Days -- Endings.".
- catalog title "Familiar spirits : a memoir of James Merrill and David Jackson / Alison Lurie.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".