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The emerald city of Las Vegas
By Wakoski, Diane
- ISBN
- 978-0-87685-971-1
- Publisher
- Santa Rosa : Black Sparrow Press, 1995.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 1995
In this successor to Media the Sorceress (LJ 2/1/91) and Jason the Sailor (LJ 8/93), the prolific Wakoski confronts themes of risk, betrayal, and history through images of Las Vegas casinos, Oz, physics, and keen-eyed recollection. Her free-verse proclamations and search for mythic meaning in modern America bring her close to the Beat musings of Orlovsky...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
