The Way It Wasn't: From the Files of James Laughlin

by James Laughlin

Book Overview

James Laughlin--poet, ladies' man, heir to a steel fortune, and the founder of New Directions--was still at work on his autobiography when he died at 83. He left behind personal files crammed with memories and memorabilia: in "M" he is taking Marianne Moore to Yankee games (outings captured here in charming snapshots) to discuss "arcane mammals," and in "N" nearly plunging off a mountain, hunting butterflies with Nabokov ("Volya was a doll in a very...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811216764
• ISBN13: 9780811216760
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.3" x 9.6"