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    James Laughlin (October 30, 1914 – November 12, 1997) was an American poet and literary book publisher who founded New Directions Publishing. He was born...
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  • The James Laughlin Award, formerly the Lamont Poetry Prize, is given annually for a poet's second published book; it is the only major poetry award that...
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    Boyd) Laughlin (1763–1814) and James Laughlin, Sr. (1748–1831). Among his siblings was brother Alexander Laughlin, whose son, Alexander J. Laughlin married...
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  • Terrence James Laughlin (25 March 1951 – 20 October 2017), was an American swimming coach and founder of Total Immersion, a popular swimming technique...
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    Lauth's interest was bought in 1854 by James Laughlin. The first firm to bear the name of Jones and Laughlin was organized in 1861, and headquartered...
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    Thomas James Laughlin (born February 13, 1971) is an American professional wrestler and promoter better known by the ring name Tommy Dreamer. He is signed...
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  • endowed by a gift from the Drue Heinz Trust, and it was renamed to honor James Laughlin, who founded the publishing house New Directions in 1936. At present...
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    Robert Laughlin Jr. (August 10, 1931 – December 12, 2013) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, educator, and activist. Laughlin was best...
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    an independent book publishing company that was founded in 1936 by James Laughlin (1914–1997) and incorporated in 1964. Its offices are located at 80...
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  • James or Jim McLaughlin may refer to: James Wellington McLaughlin (1840–1903), Ontario doctor and political figure James McLaughlin (Indian agent) (1842–1923)...
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  • American eugenicist Homer Laughlin (1843–1913), American businessman and potter James Laughlin (1914–1997), American poet James Laughlin (industrialist) (1806–1882)...
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    Paris, Blum??" He explained that they were all a pox. To his publisher, James Laughlin, he wrote that "Roosevelt represents Jewry" and signed off with "Heil...
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    James Laurence Laughlin (April 2, 1850 – November 28, 1933) was an American economist and professor at Cornell University, Harvard University, and the...
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  • Press. His second book, Flies (Copper Canyon Press, 2011), won the 2010 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. He is also the coauthor, with...
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  • American poet. Her second poetry collection, Vexations, won the 2022 James Laughlin Award and has been longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry...
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    by Kevin Young. 2005 Whiting Award for poetry[citation needed] 2006 James Laughlin Award for Duende 2008 Essence magazine's Literary Award for Duende....
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  • James McLaughlin, (aka James W. MacLaughlin and J.W. McLaughlin) was an American film actor and director. The Girl from the East as Jim Brandon (1915)...
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  • added as a supplement at the request of the poem's American publisher, James Laughlin. Most of it was written between 1915 and 1962, although much of the...
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  • John Laughlin (born April 3, 1956), sometimes credited as John C. McLaughlin or John McLaughlin, is an American film and television actor. He lived in...
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  • Hill Works and the company's plants in Indiana were sold to Jones and Laughlin Steel, later acquired by Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV), a conglomerate. The Brier...
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    finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and runner-up for the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. He won the National Book Award...
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  • Director of New Directions. In his book "Literchoor Is My Beat": A Life of James Laughlin, Publisher of New Directions, Ian S. MacNiven describes Huston's book...
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  • series was published by New Directions Publishers (Norfolk, Connecticut; James Laughlin, publisher). Volume I - 1940 includes selected poetry by: W. R. Moses...
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  • from their time at Le Rosey. In non-fiction, alumni Michael Korda and James Laughlin have written about their experiences and memories at Le Rosey. Columnist...
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  • the Kohler Company Ben Kurland (did not graduate), film and TV actor James Laughlin '32, poet and founder of New Directions Publishing Alan Jay Lerner '36...
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  • Michael Stoddard Laughlin (November 28, 1938 – October 20, 2021) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Laughlin was raised in Minonk...
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  • years in prison, with a possibility of parole after 10. Al Pacino as James Laughlin, an attorney who represented Gillars after she was put on trial for...
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  • Merton had given to friend Robert Lax the previous year was published by James Laughlin at New Directions: a book of poetry titled Thirty Poems. In 1946 New...
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    Poeta en San Francisco (Tinfish, 2005), for which she received the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets, and Diwata (BOA Editions, Ltd...
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  • Post-publication, the book's supporters included Miller, Robert Duncan, and James Laughlin; its detractors included Schwartz, Edmund Wilson, and Anaïs Nin. Despite...
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