When writing the introduction to a handsome new edition of John Berryman’s long poem “77 Dream Songs,” I was happy for the chance to consider why it was that I was first drawn, thirty-five years ago, ...

On learning of the death of his fellow poet Robert Frost in 1963, John Berryman asked, “who’s number one?” Berryman answered his own question—“Cal’s number one, isn’t he?”—using the nickname of his ...

John Berryman, age 89, of Arcadia, MI, passed away on May 27, 2025. He was born to parents Benton and Sylvia Berryman on July 21, 1935, in Wyandotte, MI. He is survived by wife Marolyn Berryman (née ...

The great American poet John Berryman would have been 100 today, had he lived. One of the things most people know about him is that he did not. He killed himself at 57 – after a lifetime of chaos, ...

“Certainly the bearded one is not for everyone – as Marianne Moore said of poetry, I too, dislike it – but there is something in him that provides a model, or at least an anti-model, something to ...

The poet John Berryman (left) and legendary editor Robert Giroux (right) shared not only a literary corpus but a lifelong friendship (Photos courtesy of University of Notre Dame Press). During the ...

In this wide-ranging collection of John Berryman’s letters from 1925 to 1971, editors Coleman and McRae provide a revealing window into the poet’s mind and work through his own words. Early boarding ...

endower of Earth so gorgeous & different from the boring Moon, thank you for such as it is my gift. I have made up a morning prayer to you containing with precision everything that most matters.

Overview of the tragic life and career of poet John Berryman and current interest in him. Forty years after his death, the poet and scholar, John Berryman's legacy is examined and celebrated in this ...

Whether we like it or not, the final season of HBO's satirical black comedy Succession is coming to a close. While there's no way of knowing who will come out on top, what we do know is there's a ...