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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      Hub City Press

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      First printing, October 2011

      Book design: Emily Louise Smith

      Printed in Saline, MI

      by McNaughton & Gunn, Inc.

      Cover photograph © Tom Fowlks / Getty

      TEXT Janson Pro 9.8/13.5

      DISPLAY Futura 11

      Library of Congress

      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