James Laughlin's heroic New Directions Press was the first and most consistent publisher of the often-censored Henry Miller from 1936 until 1991. This collection of 231 letters between Miller and Laughlin, and Laughlin's successor and colleagues at the press, documents a historically important writer-publisher relationship. 320 pp.

Letters written to his childhood friend and chief mentor, commercial artist Emil Schnellock, from 1922 through 1934 demonstrate Miller's growth as a writer and the development of his earthy yet philosophical style.

Henry Miller - American Writers 56 was first published in 1966. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

Title: Love in a Time of War: Diaries and Letters from World War I. This book is a story of World War I, told primarily in the diaries and letters of a young Belgian woman and an American man. The woman, Germaine Attout lived with her family throughout four years of German occupation. The man, Francis Wickes, came to Belgium in 1915 as a member of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, led by Herbert Hoover. He writes of this relief work and subsequently of his service with the U.S. Army in Paris. Included are eyewitness accounts of Belgian civilians, unarmed, resisting the occupation and of...