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James Laughlin
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James Laughlin is the founder of the New Directions Publishing House. His Collected Poems was published in 1994. (updated 6/2010)

Laughlin’s collection The Secret Room was reviewed in AGNI 46 by Drew Swinger.

AGNI has published the following work:

Poetry
from Byways: III. The Wrong Bed—Moira
AGNI 44Print Only
Poetry
An Honest Heart—A Knowing Head
AGNI 46Print Only
Poetry
9 Ridge Road, from Remembering William Carlos Williams
AGNI 40Print Only
Poetry
It’s Difficult
AGNI 39Print Only
Poetry
Melissa (from Byways)
AGNI 39Print Only
Poetry
Apokatastasis
AGNI 39Print Only
Poetry
At a Certain Point
AGNI 39Print Only
Poetry
The Death of the Village Post Office
AGNI 35Print Only

AGNI has published the following translations:

Poetry
Nothing At All
by Alain Bosquet
Translated from French by James Laughlin
AGNI 41Print Only
Poetry
An Ordinary Day
by Alain Bosquet
Translated from French by James Laughlin
AGNI 41Print Only
Poetry
Forward to Tomorrow without Me
by Alain Bosquet
Translated from French by James Laughlin
AGNI 41Print Only
Poetry
Tomorrow Without Me
by Alain Bosquet
Translated from French by James Laughlin
AGNI 43Print Only
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