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I spent six years living in Las Vegas, many many moons ago, and can’t say it’s on my list of favorite places, but I just read that Vegas is the first “U.S. City of Asylum for censored writers and those living under threat of assassination or imprisonment.” According the magazine World Literature Today, the International Institute of Modern Literature, which is located there (housed at UNLV), has formed the North American Network of Cities of Asylum, housing most recently, Chinese author, painter, and critic Er Tai Gao. I guess if you think about it Vegas is a perfect place for a writer with those cheap buffets – do they have those any more? – but I’m skeptical of Gao’s comment about it being quiet there.
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- Posted by: Bud Parr
- Date: January 05, 2007
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Wise Men Fish Here: Literature
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