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James Laughlin
JAMES LAUGHLIN

The Art of Publishing No. 1, Part 1
Interviewed by Richard Ziegfield
Issue 89, Fall 1983
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INTERVIEWER
How did [Ezra Pound] react when you “declined” to publish people he was pushing?

LAUGHLIN
Among his postcards there are any number of funny comments. Do you want me to try to find a typical one? “Possibly a politic move on Jas’s part. Great deal of sewage to float a few boats. Possibly useful. Nasty way to educate the public. Four percent food. Ninety-six percent poison.”

INTERVIEWER
He called you “Jas”?

LAUGHLIN
Yes. E. P. called me “Jas,” as his family and “Poundians” still do.
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