Interview with James Baker Hall, February 5, 2009
Project: Kentucky Writers Oral History Project
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Jim Hall discusses his friendship with the poet M.S. Merwin. He also discusses Merwin's influence upon his own work. The friendship began in the late 1970s, when Hall was director of UK's writing program, and he invited Merwin to come to the university for a reading. The two poets formed a friendship based on their common interests in poetry and Zen Buddhism. Hall was later best man at Merwin's wedding to his wife Paula, with whom Hall's wife, Mary Ann Taylor-Hall, is also very close.Interview Accession
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Hall, James Baker Interview by Arwen Donahue. 05 Feb. 2009. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Hall, J.B. (2009, February 05). Interview by A. Donahue. Kentucky Writers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Hall, James Baker, interview by Arwen Donahue. February 05, 2009, Kentucky Writers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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