"I think that is where poetry reading becomes such an individual thing. I mean I have friend who like poets who just don't say anything to me at all, I mean they seem to me rather ordinary and pedestrian."
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James Laughlin (1914-1997) was an influential American poet, publisher, and the founder of New Directions Publishing, a press that has played a pivotal role in shaping modern literature. Born into a prominent family in Pittsburgh, he cultivated a deep appreciation for poetry and literature during his youth, studying English at Harvard and the University of Virginia. Laughlin’s dedication to elevating underrepresented voices led to the publication of works by renowned authors such as Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams, leaving a lasting legacy in literary circles.
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"We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry."
James Laughlin"I think that concrete poetry seems to have, as far as I can see, come to a kind of a dead end. It doesn't seem to be going any further than it went in its high period of about five or six years ago."
James Laughlin