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Road scholar : coast to coast late in the century

by Andrei Codrescu, David Graham

This memoir chronicles a poet's picaresque journey across the United States, inspired by the literary tradition of mixing travel with writing. It documents observations of American life while exploring the intersection of wanderlust and the creative process.

Accession 19242 ISBN 0786880813 Publisher Hyperion
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