The Secret Room Hardcover - 1997
by James Laughlin
Poet and publisher James Laughlin is known in Italy as the Amerian Catullus. Like the Latin poet whom Laughlin calls master, the subject at the heart of his work remains "love/ . . . & the lack of love, /which is what makes evil", but seen now from the wry, often poignant perspective of old age. The nearly 150 poems collected here address his mature theme in a variety of ways.
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James Laughlin, poet and publisher, is known in Italy as Il Catullo americano, the American Catullus. Like the Latin poet whom Laughlin has long called his master, the subject at the heart of his work remains "love/...& the lack of love, /which is what makes evil", but seen now from the wry, often poignant perspective of old age. In his newest collection, The Secret Room, he has gathered nearly 150 poems that address his mature theme in a variety of ways. The philosophical lyrics of "Looking Inward" and the satirical jabs and invectives of "Epigrams and Comic Verses" employ short-line forms, including Laughlin's signature "typewriter metric", originally devised with the advice of William Carlos Williams. "Byways" continues his autobiographical work-in-progress, in a three-stress line borrowed from Kenneth Rexroth. And with "39 Pentastichs", Laughlin introduces a five-line stanza in a natural voice cadence suited to casual observations.
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- Title The Secret Room
- Author James Laughlin
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition
- Pages 184
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation, NY
- Date 1997
- Features Index
- ISBN 9780811213431 / 0811213439
- Weight 1.03 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Dimensions 9.25 x 6.18 x 0.82 in (23.50 x 15.70 x 2.08 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96026188
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.54
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Citations
- Booklist, 04/01/1997, Page 1277
- Library Journal, 04/01/1997, Page 97
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