Lawrence Welsh is a professor of English at El Paso Community College. He is the author of ten books of poetry, including the award-winning Begging for Vultures: New and Selected P...view moreLawrence Welsh is a professor of English at El Paso Community College. He is the author of ten books of poetry, including the award-winning Begging for Vultures: New and Selected Poems, 1994–2009 (UNM Press). An award-winning journalist and essayist, his work has appeared in more than two hundred national and regional publications.view less