Langdon Hammer

Langdon Hammer, the Niel Gray Jr. Professor of English at Yale, is the poetry editor of the Scholar and the author of James Merrill: Life and Art.

In a Dark Wood

By Langdon Hammer | Tuesday September 1, 2020

The Freedom in Confinement

By Langdon Hammer | Tuesday June 2, 2020

Living in the Song

By Langdon Hammer | Monday March 2, 2020

The Fantastical Real

By Langdon Hammer | Monday December 2, 2019

The Gathering Storm

By Langdon Hammer | Tuesday September 3, 2019

Raging Toward Heaven

By Langdon Hammer | Monday June 3, 2019

Afterlives

By Langdon Hammer | Monday March 4, 2019

Starbursts

On the poetry of Christian Wiman

By Langdon Hammer | Monday June 4, 2018

A Blessing and a Curse

By Langdon Hammer | Monday March 5, 2018

At Home in Baltimore

By Langdon Hammer | Tuesday September 5, 2017

To Urbino We Go

By Langdon Hammer | Monday December 1, 2025

The Ancients Among Us

By Langdon Hammer | Tuesday September 2, 2025

Between Memory and Hope

By Langdon Hammer | Monday March 3, 2025

The Art of Tuning In

By Langdon Hammer | Monday December 2, 2024

The Art of Falling

By Langdon Hammer | Tuesday September 3, 2024

Florida Baroque

By Langdon Hammer | Monday June 3, 2024

Ollie Ollie Oxen Free

By Langdon Hammer | Monday March 4, 2024

Song Gatherer

By Langdon Hammer | Monday December 4, 2023

Louise Glück at Midnight

By Langdon Hammer | Thursday October 19, 2023

A Quicksilver Maker

By Langdon Hammer | Tuesday September 5, 2023

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