Written by Merril and her granddaughter, award-winning author Emily Pohl-Weary. Read more about Judith Merrilįor more details about Judith Merril's life, check out Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril.
Merril continued to be involved with The Merril Collection until she passed away in 1997. It is also the last anthology Merril edited. It was the first anthology of purely Canadian speculative fiction. Shortly after, Merril launched the Canadian SF anthology series, Tesseracts, in 1985. Sawyer, Phyllis Gotlieb, Cory Doctorow, Michelle Sagara and many other well-known Canadian authors. Merril also established Ontario Hydra / Hydra North in 1984, a network for Canadian speculative fiction writers. This section shows "Judith Merril Office" beside "Collection Head Office". Smith Branch - the collection's current home - included an office for Judith Merril.Ī small section of the March 1994 blueprints for the Merril Collection on the third floor of the Lillian H. The Merril Collection has changed locations three times, most recently in 1995. As part of the donor agreement, Merril was given an office space in the collection for her entire life. He encouraged her to donate her books as the start of a special speculative fiction collection. When the Rochdale College library had to close down due to lack of funding, Harry Campbell, Chief Librarian of Toronto Public Library, reached out to Merril. Her personal collection of books became resources for the students. Shortly after coming to Toronto, Merril began working for Rochdale College. She legally changed her name to Judith Merril when she become a Canadian citizen. She had a friend in Toronto, a mathematics professor, and with their aid moved to Canada. At the convention, a copy of the Toronto Anti-Draft Manual caught Merril's attention. After Merril witnessed the police response to the anti-Vietnam War protestors, she decided that she and her family needed to leave the United States. Tensions were high due to the Vietnam War. To support her daughter Ann, who created artwork and posters in support of Eugene McCarthy, Judith Merril attended the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968. This period marks Merril’s shift from authorship to her editorial career. In particular, "her twelve Year’s Best anthologies, her thirty-eight 'Books' columns from F&SF, and three particularly important essays." These works were originally published between 19.
This book collects and reflects upon Merril’s editorial and non-fiction work. Available for reading in The Merril Collection reading room.Īt the same time that Merril was publishing novels, she was getting more involved in editorial and review work.
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