The Maya of Morganton Lawrence Blum The poems in this debut

The poems in this debut collection demonstrate her wide range in form and subject and her skill in highlighting the extraordinary within the commonplace

and malingering

- a quotation of the day with accompanying commentary and analysis so that you can confidently sit your exams armed with a wealth of ideas about Shakespeare's intent

this story begins with a cold

The tools of science have revealed no proof of spirits

The Maya of Morganton Lawrence Blum The poems in this debutIn 2003, Leon Fink published his oral history of Guatemalan and Mexican migrants in Morganton, North Carolina, and their fight for unionization in a poultry processing plant. In the years since, Fink remained in touch with many of the people he profiled in the book, and in 2022 he returned to Morganton to interview them and talk with their children, new migrants in the area, and community leaders, particularly women. Their conversations covered a wide