During W.S. Merwin’s birthday celebrations on Maui, San Francisco-based poet, writer and professor Dean Rader was on island, researching for a story about W.S. Merwin and The Merwin Conservancy in the San Francisco Chronicle. The story was published today, and we’re happy to share it with you here. Read More
Featured Palm: Pritchardia tahuatana
This week’s featured Pritchardia palm is not present in Merwin’s garden, but it was recently discovered in the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, so we wanted to feature it. Pritchardia frequently occurs in spectacular fashion, especially in the Hawaiian Islands, where they tenaciously cling to steep-sided or vertical cliffs several thousand meters high on all […] Read More
THE ESSENTIAL W.S. MERWIN Released with Praise and Celebration
On August 29th, The Essential W.S. Merwin – a long-awaited collection of Merwin’s lifetime contributions to poetry, prose and translation – was released by his publisher, Copper Canyon Press. The book, which was supported by fans and readers through Copper Canyon Press’ successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, can be purchased through the publisher here. Compiled […] Read More
