A Room in California

by Laurence Goldstein

Book Overview

Southern California is one of two significant places in Laurence Goldstein's fourth collection of poems. A native of Los Angeles, the author re-encounters the vivid ghosts of an exotic personal landscape: Criswell the TV prophet, Madame Nhu at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Mickey Cohen in a downtown deli, Bob Hope in a photo shoot with the poet's family. From the Pacific boardwalk to Death Valley, these poems enliven their borderlands with pungent language...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810151596
• ISBN13: 9780810151598
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Triquarterly Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 9.0"