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...egocentrist, in single-minded pursuit of his art,” Sawyer-Lauçanno related. “He was a dedicated artist, dedicated to [Ezra Pound’s philosophy of] ‘making...
Sawyer-Lauçanno also reported that Cummings’ time at Harvard was invaluable. “He drew off what he learned in his undergraduate years throughout his life and also depended on the associations and friends he made there,” he said...
None of these discoveries would have been possible were it not for Harvard’s Houghton Library, which made Cummings’ personal papers available to Sawyer-Lauçanno, including suicide notes and reflections on consultations with his psychiatrists. “Nearly every scrap of paper he had written was saved,” he said. They added up to hundreds of boxes of diaries, correspondence, and drafts of poetry...
...sheer bulk of this collection made research a grueling task; Sawyer-Lauçanno spent a full year simply reading through all the documents. He confesses that so overwhelming was the abundance of information, “there were times when I didn’t want to find anything else...
...year of research was followed by three years of intense writing, during which Sawyer-Lauçanno said he “was more attuned to the world of 1924 than 2004.” Yet for a work of this 600 page volume’s scope, he considers four years a short duration...