The History of the Land and Home
The Kenyon Review published W.S. Merwin’s essay, “The House and Garden: The Emergence of a Dream,” in their Fall 2010 journal.
The essay serves as a historical record for The Merwin Conservancy, chronicling the initial discovery of the land and Merwin’s life along side and of the land–”putting life back into the world.” It also looks at the practical aspects of the land and house, from water catchment and basement cisterns to daily gardening successes and failures.
Click here to see the text of the essay and an interview with David Baker, poetry editor for The Kenyon Review. To download a PDF version of the essay, click here. For more Merwin quotes and writing related to the Conservancy, click here.
W.S. Merwin interviewed by David Baker, poetry editor at The Kenyon Review