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Lavishly illustrated, The Way It Wasn't offers an intimate firsthand encounter with 20th-century Modernism, from the extraordinary man who defined it for America.

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"Laughlin was more than the greatest American publisher of the twentieth century: His press was the twentieth century." -- Eliot Weinberger - The Nation
"I urge you to read this unforgettable parade of portraits … which changed my life and those of my peers." -- Irving Malin - The Hollins Critic
"A selection of glittering fragments punctuated by superb illustrations." -- George Core - Sewanee Review

The Way It Wasnt From the Files of James Laughlin

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    A Paperback / softback by James Laughlin, Barbara Epler, Daniel Javitch

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      Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
      Publication Date: 26/06/2007
      ISBN13: 9780811216678, 978-0811216678
      ISBN10: 0811216675
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: poetry and poets

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Lavishly illustrated, The Way It Wasn't offers an intimate firsthand encounter with 20th-century Modernism, from the extraordinary man who defined it for America.

      Trade Review
      "Laughlin was more than the greatest American publisher of the twentieth century: His press was the twentieth century." -- Eliot Weinberger - The Nation
      "I urge you to read this unforgettable parade of portraits … which changed my life and those of my peers." -- Irving Malin - The Hollins Critic
      "A selection of glittering fragments punctuated by superb illustrations." -- George Core - Sewanee Review

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