The Collected Poems of James Laughlin

1214pp.; 23.5 x 16 cm. Red paper covered, linen backed boards stamped in gold on spine. White dust-jacket printed in black and red. Published New York: New Directions, 2014 From the library of A. David Moody For one whom EP dismissed, after a term at the Ezuversity in Rapallo around 1934-5, as hopeless poet (but hopeful publisher), this heavy volume stands testament to Laughlin’s lifelong walking “a long corridor of closed doors.” A style we might attest more to W.C.W. than EP, who encouraged Laughlin to compose later on in life. First clothbound edition. A fine copy in a lightly bumped jacket.