James Laughlin compositions sent to Hugh Witemeyer, 1982-1996.

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James Laughlin compositions sent to Hugh Witemeyer, 1982-1996.

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Includes copies of Laughlin's poems and essays sent to his friend and colleague, Hugh Witemeyer. Also with printed material about Laughlin and one photograph.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7796118

Houghton Library

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Laughlin, James, 1914-1997

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James Laughlin was an American publisher and poet, and founder of the New Directions press. The son of a steel manufacturer, Laughlin attended Choate School in Connecticut and Harvard University (B.A., 1939). In the mid-1930s Laughlin lived in Italy with Ezra Pound, a major influence on his life and work; returning to the United States, he founded New Directions in 1936. Initially he intended to publish writings by ignored yet influential avant-garde writers of the period; Pound’s The Cantos ...

Witemeyer, Hugh

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