Empire Burlesque

Empire Burlesquebegins with a romp through theJournals of Lewis and Clarkand 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 Poundian-inflected poems that are funny, that are as serious as they come, and that realign the personal with the historical.Svenvold, Mark is the author of 'Empire Burlesque', published 2007 under ISBN 9780814251669 and ISBN 0814251668.