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ALSO BY RON RASH
NOVELS
One Foot in Eden Saints at the River The World Made Straight Serena
POETRY
Eureka Mill Among the Believers Raising the Dead
STORIES
The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth Casualties Chemistry and Other Stories Burning Bright
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Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rash, Ron, 1953–
Waking / Ron Rash.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-891885-82-2 (alk. paper)
1. North Carolina—Poetry.
2. Mountain life—Poetry.
3. Southern States—Poetry.
I. Title.
PS3568.A698W35 2011
811’.54—dc22
2011008143
186 W. Main Street
Spartanburg, SC 29306
FOR Joyce Brown and Earl Holder
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