Elusive Time
James Laughlin, “Elusive Time” from Poems New and Selected. Copyright © 1996 by James Laughlin. Reprinted with the permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation.
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Poet James Laughlin 1914–1997
Subjects Time & Brevity, Love, Living, Relationships, Heartache & Loss, Realistic & Complicated
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Biography
While a sophomore on leave of absence from Harvard University, James Laughlin met Ezra Pound in Rapallo, Italy, and was invited to attend the "Ezuversity"—Pound's term for the private tutoring he gave Laughlin over meals, on hikes, or whenever the master paused in his labors. "I stayed several months in Rapallo at the 'Ezuversity,' learning and reading," recalls Laughlin in an interview with Linda Kuehl for the New York Times . . .
Poems by James Laughlin
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SUBJECT Time & Brevity, Love, Living, Relationships, Heartache & Loss, Realistic & Complicated
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