Research Catalog

Title

The emerald city of Las Vegas / Diane Wakoski.

Author

Wakoski, Diane.

Publication

Santa Rosa : Black Sparrow Press, 1995.

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Details

Description

202 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

• The Archaeology of movies and books ; v. 3
• Wakoski, Diane. Archaeology of movies and books ; v. 3.

Contents

• Looking for Beethoven in Las Vegas -- Slot Machines -- So Cold in Winter -- George Washington at Sam's Town -- In St. Louis -- Wearing the Silver Shoes -- Roller Skate Jazz -- Geoffrey Bends to Tie My Shoe -- She Bends to Offer Me Running Shoes -- "What Was It Like?" -- Jewel Leaves -- The Moon Slides Her Pointed Slipper into the Darkening Sky -- I Come to the Poetry Reading Wearing My New Silver Shoes -- Deer Gods -- Butterflies Are Shadow Shapes -- Frightening Green -- Size -- Angel Wire -- Craig's Hummingbirds -- Kelly as the Mage -- Light -- Waiting for Jason -- Emerald City -- For Linda's Mother -- For Catherine Who Says She Is Wuthering Heights -- Parkin -- Tea Ceremony -- Unpermitted Silence -- Desert Nose -- Malachite -- Summer Light -- Violets -- Queen Anne's Lace -- Cardinal at the Feeder -- Flower Parts -- Sketching Flowers -- Night -- The Rosy Trickster, Old Coyote -- Lily Hands -- Aging -- Alexander -- Our Lady of the Chanterelles -- Flower Masks --
• Masks -- The Blue Dress/Airmail Letter -- Hansel and Gretel -- The New Moon, a Scar -- Healing Goddesses -- Botticelli's Edges -- Your Sister in Jail -- White Cat -- Dogs -- Fame -- Swan's Neck -- I Hammer -- Eye-Voice -- The Emerald Book -- Orchids Growing on the Green Felt -- Ireland -- Seeing the World Through Hopper's Glasses -- White Las Vegas -- Mary's Diner -- Autumn -- The Sadness on Robert's Face -- Examining Money -- Anna's Hummingbird -- The Sun Becomes the Moon -- Champagne Light -- Luxor -- Craig's California Fire -- Ice Walking -- Winter Sunshine -- Mystere -- David's Letter -- Closet Oaks -- The Motorcyclist in the Woods -- From Shells to Radishes -- Sound Track -- Broken Ice -- Stories about My Life -- Watching the Drinkers of Grand Marnier -- Saluting the Sun -- The Butcher's Apron -- Hot Flickers/Movie Light -- Starlight -- Medea's Children.

ISBN

• 0876859716 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0876859724 (cloth trade : alk. paper)
• 0876859732 (signed cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

95018192

OCLC

• 32468233
• ocm32468233

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries