Empire Burlesque

by Mark Svenvold

Empire Burlesque begins with a romp through the Journals of Lewis and Clark and ends with cameo appearances by Ambrose Bierce, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound (in drag), Andy Warhol, and even King Kong. Mark Svenvold was inspired to this approach, which he describes as that of a "clown lost in the Library of Babel," by the letters of Jules Laforgue, who believed clowns had achieved true wisdom. With this collection the author shares Ezra...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814251668
• ISBN13: 9780814251669
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"