Don't be yourself

The James Merrill House, in Stonington, Conn.

‘‘Freedom to be oneself is all very well; the greater freedom is not to be oneself.’’

— James Merrill (1926-1995) celebrated poet, in A Different Person: A Memoir. His 19th Century house in Stonington, Conn., is now a rent-free writer’s and scholar’s residence.

See:

https://www.jamesmerrillhouse.org/

Inside the James Merrill House