‘New Directions was founded in 1936 by a Harvard sophomore named James Laughlin, who heeded advice given to him by Ezra Pound: “‘You’re never going to be any good as a poet. Why don’t you take up something useful?’”’
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Anne Carson’s Publisher Has Won the Nobel Prize Twice in Two Years (Gift Article)
Fourteen authors in the New Directions stable have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, including this year and last. How does this small press pack such a punch?
