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Hayden Carruth (1921–2008) was a 20th century American poet, literary critic and editor.
James Laughlin (1914–1997) founded New Directions in 1936 while still a student at Harvard. He wrote and compiled more than a dozen books of poetry as well as stories and essays; seven volumes of his correspondence with his authors are available from W.W. Norton.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. James Laughlin (1914-97) was a poet of distinction as well as the founding publisher of New Directions. A Commonplace Book of Pentastichs, the last book of his own that he helped to prepare, is a compilation of 249 poems composed in a five-line stanza form first introduced in The Secret Room (1997). A note to "Thirty-nine Pentastichs" in that earlier volume explains: "A 'pentastich' refers simply to a poem of five lines, without regard to metrics. The present selection is of recent short-line compositions in natural voice cadence, many of them marginal jottings and paraphrases of commonplace book notations." Here, then, are armchair marginalia and apercus to be savored at random. A compilation of 249 poems composed in a form of James Laughlin's devising first introduced in "The Secret Room". A "pentastich" refers to a poem of five lines, without regard to metrics. This selection is of short-line compositions in natural voice cadence. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780811213868
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. James Laughlin (1914-97) was a poet of distinction as well as the founding publisher of New Directions. A Commonplace Book of Pentastichs, the last book of his own that he helped to prepare, is a compilation of 249 poems composed in a five-line stanza form first introduced in The Secret Room (1997). A note to "Thirty-nine Pentastichs" in that earlier volume explains: "A 'pentastich' refers simply to a poem of five lines, without regard to metrics. The present selection is of recent short-line compositions in natural voice cadence, many of them marginal jottings and paraphrases of commonplace book notations." Here, then, are armchair marginalia and apercus to be savored at random. A compilation of 249 poems composed in a form of James Laughlin's devising first introduced in "The Secret Room". A "pentastich" refers to a poem of five lines, without regard to metrics. This selection is of short-line compositions in natural voice cadence. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780811213868
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. James Laughlin (1914-97) was a poet of distinction as well as the founding publisher of New Directions. A Commonplace Book of Pentastichs, the last book of his own that he helped to prepare, is a compilation of 249 poems composed in a five-line stanza form first introduced in The Secret Room (1997). A note to "Thirty-nine Pentastichs" in that earlier volume explains: "A 'pentastich' refers simply to a poem of five lines, without regard to metrics. The present selection is of recent short-line compositions in natural voice cadence, many of them marginal jottings and paraphrases of commonplace book notations." Here, then, are armchair marginalia and apercus to be savored at random. A compilation of 249 poems composed in a form of James Laughlin's devising first introduced in "The Secret Room". A "pentastich" refers to a poem of five lines, without regard to metrics. This selection is of short-line compositions in natural voice cadence. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780811213868