"The Miracle River (or Shit River)"
| Title | "The Miracle River (or Shit River)" |
| Year for Search | 1992 |
| Authors | Gold, Jerome(b. 1943) |
| Secondary Title | The Fiction Review |
| Volume / Edition | 2.4 |
| Pagination | 6-7 |
| Date Published | 1992 |
| Keywords | Male 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. |
