NEW DIRECTIONS BOOKS
Wilfred Owen / Collected Poems
The definitive edition of the great British World War I poet is now avail–
able as a paperbook. Introduction by C. Day Lewis. $1.95
Charles Reznikoff / Testimony
A "recitative" sequence of poems based on actual court cases from all rarts
of the United States in the period 1885-1890. "A superb portrayal
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the
emergence of the society that we have inherited." (W. S. Merwin) "An
extraordinary document of human event." (Robert Creeley)
Clothbound,
$3.75; Paperback, $1.95
Thomas Merton / The Way of Chuang Tzu
The wisdom of Tao and Zen in fine new poetic interpretations of the say–
ings of China's most spiritual philosopher.
Illustrated, $4.00
George Oppen / This
in
Which
An impressive new collection of poems by the author of
The Materials
which explore, in the words of Heidegger, "the third path, the arduous
path of experience."
Clothbound,
$3.50;
Paperback, $1.75
Gandhi / On Non-Violence
Selected texts from
Non-Violence in Peace and War,
edited by Thomas
Merton, with an introduction which relates Gandhi's concept of
Ahimsa
to Hellenic tradition and Catholic doctrine on peace.
Paper,
~1.50
Herbert Read / The Green Child
Reality and fantasy, poetry and suspense are wonderfully blended in the
novel which T . S. Eliot called "one of the finest examples of English
prose style of our century."
Cloth,
$4.50;
Paper, $1.50
Kenneth Patchen / The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer
A paperback re-issue of Patchen's satiric novel. "Every page contains some
new marvel." (Henry Miller) "An American humorist more daring than
Perelman and as original as Thurl>er." (Selden Rodman) $1.65
George Whioh.er / The Goliard Poets
Lively translations, with the original Latin texts
en face,
of the irreverent
ballads of the vagabond scholars who were the "Beat Poets" of the Middle
Ages. Now available in paperback format. $2.35
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