James Merrill, Divine Comedies (1976)
Merrill’s collection of poems includes one, “The Book of Ephraim,” which is an account of “conversations held, via the Ouija board, with dead friends and spirits in ‘another world.’” –Stephen Spender, The New York Review of Books (December 21, 1978)
Sighting Citation:
“James Merrill, Divine Comedies (1976).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. July 7, 2009. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/james-merrill-divine-comedies-1976/.
Posted July 7, 2009