University of Texas at El Paso DigitalCommons@UTEP Open Access Theses & Dissertations 2013-01-01 Pressing Seams Abigail Carl University of Texas at El Paso,
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[email protected]. PRESSING SEAMS ABIGAIL R. CARL Department of Creative Writing APPROVED: Sasha Pimentel, M.F.A, Chair Benjamin A. Sáenz, M.A. Guillermina Gina Núñez-Mchiri, Ph.D. Benjamin C. Flores, Ph.D. Dean of the Graduate School Copyright by Abigail R. Carl 2013 Dedication To all those who tell stories, sing songs, and dream dreams in the outposts of empire. PRESSING SEAMS by ABIGAIL R. CARL, B.A. THESIS Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at El Paso in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF FINE ARTS Department of Creative Writing THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO May 2013 Acknowledgements I would like to thank friends and family in Seminole, Texas, whose stories inspired many poems in this collection especially Abe, Mary, and Leah Dyck and Dave and Leona Klassen who shared from their childhood memories so generously and intimately.