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The Secret Room: Poems
by James Laughlin
Binding: Hardcover, 184 pages
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
List Price: USD $22.95
Weight: 103
Dimension: H: 0.75 x L: 9.25 x W: 0.49 inches
ISBN 10: 0811213439
ISBN 13: 9780811213431
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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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