English Language and Literature ETDs
Publication Date
9-1-2015
Abstract
This collection of poetry narrates the experience of woman who has arrived in a desert city without memory of her arrival or her past. The poems explore presence through absence, loss, longing, fragmentation, and the construction of identity.
Degree Name
MFA Creative Writing
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
English
First Committee Member (Chair)
Tapahonso, Luci
Second Committee Member
Hofer, Matthew
Third Committee Member
Rapp, Emily
Language
English
Keywords
Poetry
Document Type
Dissertation
Recommended Citation
Burns, Lucy. "A Currency of Birds." (2015). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/engl_etds/92
