A bit from my reading adventures tonight.

“New Directions had appeared on the scene at an auspicious time. In the late thirties, publishers had still not recovered from the Depression, and Laughlin, scion of a wealthy #Pittsburgh steel family, had been encouraged by Ezra Pound to start a publishing house of his own (with Pound as one of his principal authors).“ ~James Atlas #books #bookstodon #DelmoreSchwartz #Laughlin