{"product_id":"guy-davenport-and-james-laughlin-selected-letters-9780393059502","title":"Guy Davenport and James Laughlin: Selected Letters","description":"This volume features selections from the New Directions founder's correspondence with Guy Davenport, the polymath artist and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Geography of the Imagination.\u003c\/em\u003e More than simply detailing an author\/publisher relationship, these letters depict two fine minds educating and supporting each other in the service of literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavenport, Guy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - As Bruce Bawer wrote in Bookforum, \"the late Guy Davenport (1927-2005) left behind an oeuvre that is one long lesson in the history of civilization, and to read any part of it--story, essay, or translation--is to be enthralled by his unflagging intellectual energy and engagement.\" His books include The Geography of the Imagination, The Death of Picasso, Herakleitos and Diogenes, A Table of Green Fields, The Cardiff Team, DaVinci's Bicycle, and many more.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaughlin, James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - James Laughlin (1914-1997) founded New Directions in 1936 while still a student at Harvard. He wrote and compiled more than a dozen books of poetry as well as stories and essays; seven volumes of his correspondence with his authors are available from W.W. Norton.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBamberger, W. C.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eW. C. Bamberger\u003c\/strong\u003e operates Bamberger Books, which keeps Guy Davenport's poem \u003ci\u003eFlowers \u0026amp; Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e in print. He lives in Whitmore Lake, Michigan.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323991200018,"sku":"9780393059502","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_48ecdb3f-58f6-4f43-94ce-7b9fc29c6a80.jpg?v=1727663682","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/guy-davenport-and-james-laughlin-selected-letters-9780393059502","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}