Poet Finds Voice in Desert Borderlands

“Lawrence Welsh is a shaman with words.”
—Jimmy Santiago Baca, author of Stories from the Edge

“Lawrence Welsh declares and maps the turf he rides with clarity, sympathy, responsibility, and edge.”
—David Meltzer, author of Beat Thing

“It’s getting harder and harder to pull off poems with Southwest imagery, but Lawrence Welsh has worked form, content, and diction to make it all new again.”
—Kathleene West, poetry editor, Puerto del Sol

“The musicality and passion of Welsh’s poetry are true to his Irish roots and a culture that has revered and respected word weavers since prehistoric times.”
—El Paso Times

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