Overview :Ironically, the very society Merton rejected upon entering the monastery embraced his work, bringing him publishing success only dreamed of ... Read More
Overview :Delmore Schwartz was the golden boy of the American literary scene until his untimeley death in 1966, alone and destitute. James Laughlin wa... Read More
Overview :Ever mercurial in temperament, an idealist who struggled financially to meet his material needs, Henry Miller for decades relied on his publ... Read More
Overview :Even before establishing "New Directions", James Laughlin had met and studied with Ezra Pound. These selected letters capture the spirit of ... Read More
Overview :Frankly--H. Miller was defended by me only because he spoke against the War, and I think that was the main reason for his fame. Now--I do no... Read More
Overview :This volume features selections from the New Directions founder's correspondence with Guy Davenport, the polymath artist and author of The G... Read More
Overview :James Laughlin has been called the American Catullus. Like that most Greek of ancient Latin poets, he elevated his everyday subjects with wi... Read More
Overview :In December 1942, two guests at a Lincoln Kirstein mixer bonded over their shared love of Hart Crane's poetry. One of them was James Laughli... Read More
Overview :With an accent on humor, The Way It Wasn't is a scrapbook loaded with ephemera--letters and memories, clippings and photographs. This richly... Read More
Overview :A biography--thoughtful and playful--of the man who founded New Directions and transformed American publishingJames Laughlin--poet, publishe... Read More
Overview :This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This ... Read More
Overview :The long-awaited memoirs of New Directions' founder. James Laughlin, the late founder and publisher of New Directions, was also a poet of el... Read More
Overview :This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This ... Read More