Remembering W.S. Merwin

Remembering W.S. Merwin

Revisit the work of one of America’s great poets in the pages of The Nation

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W.S. Merwin, The Nation’s poetry editor in 1962 and the 17th United States Poet Laureate, passed away at his home near Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii on March 15. He was 91. His relationship to the magazine was long and storied, and in our pages he contributed not just his verse but also journalistic dispatches on the environmental crisis and nonviolent resistance movements. His work was invaluable. You can find some of his poems and articles for the magazine below. 

Berryman

Home for Thanksgiving

To the Wires Overhead

To Being Late

To the Margin

To the Unfinished

Poets Against War

Hawaii Wakes Up To Pesticides

Revisit his 2011 interview with The Nation. 

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