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New Directions was founded in 1936, when James Laughlin (1914–1997), then a twenty-two-year-old Harvard sophomore, issued the first of the New Directions anthologies. "I asked Ezra Pound for 'career advice,'" James Laughlin recalled. "He had been seeing my poems for months and had ruled them hopeless. He urged me to finish Harvard and then do 'something' useful." In their 80 years of publishing they have put out some fantastic literature. Here is their essential backlist.
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The Green Child (Herbert Read)
The Green Child
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Herbert Read
Hawthorn & Child (Keith Ridgway)
Hawthorn & Child
42
Keith Ridgway
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
43
Jean-Paul Sartre
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities (Delmore Schwartz)
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
44
Delmore Schwartz
The Emigrants (W.G. Sebald)
The Emigrants
45
W.G. Sebald
The Rings of Saturn (W.G. Sebald)
The Rings of Saturn
46
W.G. Sebald
Woolgathering (Patti Smith)
Woolgathering
47
Patti Smith
Pereira Declares: A Testimony
Pereira Declares: A Testimony
48
Memento Mori (Muriel Spark)
Memento Mori
49
Muriel Spark
A Far Cry From Kensington
A Far Cry From Kensington
50
Summer in Baden Baden
Summer in Baden Baden
51
Bartleby and Co.
Bartleby and Co.
52
The Assistant (Robert Walser)
The Assistant
53
Robert Walser
Microscripts (Robert Walser)
Microscripts
54
Robert Walser
Miss Lonelyhearts (Nathanael West)
Miss Lonelyhearts
55
Nathanael West
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
56
Nathanael West
The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone (Tennessee Williams)
The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone
57
Tennessee Williams
Selected Writings
Selected Writings
58
Martin and Meditations on the South Valley (Jimmy Santiago Baca)
Martin and Meditations on the South Valley
59
Jimmy Santiago Baca
Paris Spleen
Paris Spleen
60
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
The Flowers of Evil
61
Charles Baudelaire
The Rose of Time (Bei Dao)
The Rose of Time
62
Bei Dao
Complete Poems (Basil Bunting)
Complete Poems
63
Basil Bunting
Middle Passages
Middle Passages
64
Pluriverse (Ernesto Cardenal)
Pluriverse
65
Ernesto Cardenal
NOX
NOX
66
Glass, Irony & God (Anne Carson)
Glass, Irony & God
67
Anne Carson
Alphabet (Inger Christensen)
Alphabet
68
Inger Christensen
The Happy Birthday of Death (Gregory Corso)
The Happy Birthday of Death
69
Gregory Corso
Life and Death (Robert Creeley)
Life and Death
70
Robert Creeley
7 Greeks (Guy Davenport)
7 Greeks
71
Guy Davenport
Selected Poems (H.D.)
Selected Poems
72
H.D.
Selected Poems (Robert Duncan)
Selected Poems
73
Robert Duncan
The Gorgeous Nothings (Emily Dickinson)
The Gorgeous Nothings
74
Emily Dickinson
A Coney Island of the Mind (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
A Coney Island of the Mind
75
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
That This (Susan Howe)
That This
76
Susan Howe
Selected Poems (Denise Levertov)
Selected Poems
77
Denise Levertov
The Selected Poems of Li Po (Li Po)
The Selected Poems of Li Po
78
Li Po
Selected Poems (Federica Garcia Lorca)
Selected Poems
79
Federica Garcia Lorca
Splay Anthem (Nathaniel MacKey)
Splay Anthem
80
Nathaniel MacKey
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