"The Miracle River (or Shit River)"

Title"The Miracle River (or Shit River)"
Year for Search1992
AuthorsGold, Jerome(b. 1943)
Secondary TitleThe Fiction Review
Volume / Edition2.4
Pagination6-7
Date Published1992
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

A future dystopian Los Angeles of extreme poverty overseen by the United Nations. In 2019 water appears in the Los Angeles River for the first time in years, followed by vegetation, which had not existed in Los Angeles since 2010, and animals followed, and people built shelters near the river even though it stank and was known colloquially as Shit River. 

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in his Life at the End of Time: Stories and Essays (Seattle, WA: Black Heron Press, 1992), 39-42. 

Holding Institutions

PSt, PU

Author Note

(b. 1943)

Full Text

1992 Gold, Jerome (b. 1943). “The Miracle River (or Shit River).” The Fiction Review 2.4 ([1988?]): 6-7. Rpt. in his Life at the End of Time: Stories and Essays (Seattle, WA: Black Heron Press, 1992), 39-42. PSt, PU

A future dystopian Los Angeles of extreme poverty overseen by the United Nations. In 2019 water appears in the Los Angeles River for the first time in years, followed by vegetation, which had not existed in Los Angeles since 2010, and animals followed, and people built shelters near the river even though it stank and was known colloquially as Shit River.