The Secret Room

by James Laughlin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811213447
• ISBN13: 9780811213448
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"