Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The Verging Cities is a collection of poems about the sister cities of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua México. It is divided into four sections. The first takes place mostly in a domestic sphere exploring the relationship between the speaker and Angel. The second explores the violence of the cities from femicide to drug cartels and the effects this has on the speaker. The third is an extended poem that lyrically examines marriages and immigration through traditional epithalamia. The fourth becomes explicitly about the two cities and explores themes built around the word verge.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- MFA Creative Writing
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English
- Year dc:date.available
- 2013
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Scenters-Zapico, Natalie
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Chavez, Lisa
- Jesse, Aleman
- Tapahonso, Luci
- Martin, Greg
Subjects
dc:subject × 14Rights
- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:engl_etds-1076