1957 Burmese visa found in the "B" file, under "Burma."

The Way It Wasn't [is] a scrapbook of some 300 pages of Laughlin's personal letters, photographs, anecdotes, literary tall tales, and drawings, splendidly arranged as an abecedarian by Barbara Epler, New Directions' current editor-in-chief, and Daniel Javitch, Laughlin's son-in-law.

All photos, except for the Lustig covers, are from the collection of James Laughlin. Copyright 2006 by the Estate of James Laughlin and reproduced courtesy of New Directions Publishing Corporation.