Some Natural Things

Name: Some Natural Things
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SKU: LSBOKJL204
Price: 50.0 USD
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Laughlin, James

50 USD

Date

1945

Category

Poetry

Description

James Laughlin. Some Natural Things. 1945. First edition.

An early and increasingly scarce collection by poet, publisher, and New Directions founder James Laughlin. Combining wit, formal clarity, and quiet observation, the volume reflects the literary sensibility that would help introduce generations of modernist and postwar writers to American readers.

Condition: Very good.

Excerpt

My rich old scotch grandfather made his money selling lots in a cemetery and had a pure bald head where once in a while a little stiff bristle would grow that bothered him so much he’d make me stand on a stool and pull it out with tweezers heart, listen to me beware this girl who comes bearing gifts you never even would have dreamed of then Grandfather’s head lies underground it shines there like a mirror!