James Laughlin
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James Laughlin
James Laughlinwas an American poet and literary book publisher who founded New Directions Publishing...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 October 1914
CountryUnited States of America
books generally somebody stick taken three
Once we've taken on somebody we generally try to stick with them for at least two or three books to see if they will develop, if they will grow.
gertrude plot needed-someone
[Gertrude Stein] really needed someone like Virgil Thomson, whom she respected, to sit on her a bit and make her devise some plot.
gertrude bells now-and-then
Every now and then, I strike something that just goes click, you know, in my head. As Gertrude Stein used to say, it rings the bell, and I feel, this is great.