Mirabell: Books of Number is a volume of poetry by James Merrill (1926–1995) published by Atheneum Books in 1978. It is the second of three books which together form the epic 560-page poem, The Changing Light at Sandover, which was published as a whole in 1982. Mirabell won the 1979 U.S. National Book Award for Poetry. It was the fourth time Merrill was nominated and the second time he won. Mirabell is divided into ten sections, each represented by an Arabic numeral (starting with '0' and ending with '9') and corresponding to the numbers on a Ouijia board. The critic Stephen Yenser has noted that each section begins with a pun on its corresponding number. For example, section 5 begins with the word "Go" which matches the japanese transliteration for 5. References Poetry by James Merrill National Book Award for Poetry winning works American poetry collections 1978 poetry books Atheneum Books books