Discipline: Literature – poetry

Eve Merriam

Discipline: Literature – poetry
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1970, 1974, 1975
Eve Merriam (1916-1992) was an American poet and writer. Merriam's first book was 1946’s Family Circle, which won the Yale Younger Poets Prize. Her book, The Inner City Mother Goose, was described as one of the most banned books of the time. It inspired a 1971 Broadway musical called Inner City and a 1982 musical production called Street Dreams. In 1956 she published Emma Lazarus: Woman with a Torch. In 1981 she won the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. One of her books for children is Halloween ABC. She published a total of 88 books. Her play Out of Our Father's House, based on her book Growing Up Female in America, was televised in the Great Performances series in 1978.

Studios

Garland

Eve Merriam worked in the Garland studio.

Marian MacDowell and friends originally named this studio in memory of Anna Baetz, the nurse who helped care for Edward MacDowell in the waning years of his life. With generous support from the Garland family, the studio was renovated in 2013 and renamed the Peter and Mary Garland Studio. The inward opening, diamond-pane windows were replaced…

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