{"product_id":"familiar-spirits-a-memoir-of-james-merrill-and-david-jackson-paperback","title":"Familiar Spirits: A Memoir of James Merrill and David Jackson - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlison Lurie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Lurie\u003c\/b\u003e, one of America's greatest novelists, has written a loving memoir of world-famous poet James Merrill and his longtime partner David Jackson. Drawing on her forty-year friendship with Merrill and Jackson, Lurie reveals the couple's deep involvement with ghosts, gods, and spirits, with whom they communicated through a Ouija board. Among the results of their intense twenty-year preoccupation with the occult is the brilliant book-length poem \"The Changing Light at Sandover\", which Merrill called his \"chronicles of love and loss.\" Recalling Merrill and Jackson's life together in New York, Athens, and Key West, \u003cb\u003eFamiliar Spirits\u003c\/b\u003e is a poignant memoir infused with great affection and generous amounts of Lurie's signature wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlison Lurie is the author of many highly praised novels, including \u003cb\u003eThe War Between the Tates\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Truth About Lorin Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Prix Femina Etranger), and \u003cb\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/b\u003e (Pulitzer Prize for fiction). Her most recent book was \u003cb\u003eFamiliar Spirits\u003c\/b\u003e. She teaches writing, folklore, and literature at Cornell University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 7.08 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48808629436664,"sku":"9780142000458","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/Jh9lS0tdTC9780142000458.webp?v=1780534236","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/familiar-spirits-a-memoir-of-james-merrill-and-david-jackson-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}