NEW DIRECTIONS BOOKS
BIRD IN THE BUSH / Kenneth Rexroth
A collection of Rexroth's best essays on literature, art and cultural
movements old and new. An ebullient iconoclast, Rexroth here de–
flates fashionable reputations and seeks out neglected values with
energy and insight. Sept., ND Paperbook, $1.55. Hardbound, $3.75
EXERCISES IN STYLE / Raymond Queneau
The story of a minor brawl in a Paris bus told in 99 different way.
by the versatile French man-of-Ietters. Translated by Barbara Wright.
An illustrated Gaberbocchus Press book.
Oct., $3.50
WITH EYES IN THE BACK
OF OUR HEADS / Denise Levertov
New poems by an outstanding woman poet of the younger generation, author
of
O verland to the IS/Ilnds
and
Here and Now.
Nov., $3.50
THE HENRY MILLER READER / Henry Miller
A cross-section designed to show the whole range of Miller's writing-stories
literary essays, "portraits" of people and places, aphorisms-interlarded with new
autobiographical comments. Edited, with an introduction by Lawrence Durrell.
Nov., $6.00
THRONES: 96-109 De Los Cantares / Ezra Pound
Fourteen new cantos following directly on
Section: Rock-Drill.
Four of these
cantos have appeared in magazines here and abroad, but the majority are here
published for the first time.
Nov., $3.50
JOURNEY TO A KNOWN PLACE / Hayden Carruth
A poem of epic impact exploring a modern theme. Limited, hand printed
edition.
Dec., $7.50
VISIONS OF CODY / Jack Kerouac
A long, unexpurgated section from the unpublished novel Kerouac considers
his most powerful work. Limited, signed, hard-printed edition.
Dec., $7.50
CYPRESS AND ACACIA / Vernon Watkins
47 new poems never before published in book form by the poet Dylan Thomas
described as "the most profound and greatly accomplished Welshman writing
poems in English."
Dec., $3.50
PRIMAL VISION / Gottfried Benn
A comprehensive selection of writings by the poet who occupies a position in
Germany comparable to that of T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound in the English speak–
ing world. Prose and poetry, the latter with the German originals
en face.
Edited,
with an introduction by E. B. Ashton.
Jan., $4.50
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