Christmas Poems – A Holiday Gift Book (New Directions Books) - Softcover

Hayes, Albert M.; Laughlin, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811218082 ISBN 13: 9780811218085

Publisher: New Directions, 2008

Synopsis

Beautifully designed, this New Directions gem (originally published in the 1940s and reissued in the 1970s) rings with the deep sentiments of the season and just the right splash of holiday cheer. Christmas Poems comes with French flaps and is the perfect size for a stocking stuffer.

Christmas Poems was originally edited by Albert M. Hayes and New Directions founder and publisher James Laughlin as A Wreath of Christmas Poems, and published as part of the "Poets of the Year" series in 1942. The collection was updated and revised in 1972, and selections for this newly revised 2008 edition have been chosen by the editorial staff at New Directions.

About this title

Review:

A wonderful stocking stuffer.

A wonderful stocking stuffer. "

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0811218082
• ISBN 13: 9780811218085
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96