Fire Index: Poems Maggie Smith philosopher Barry Lam argues that

philosopher Barry Lam argues that while use of discretion--whether by a sports referee

a university student heads home after class

It will change the way you look at both precious family heirlooms and humble household objects

When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union

which would then lead to personal fulfillment and a sense of purpose

Fire Index: Poems Maggie Smith philosopher Barry Lam argues thatFire Index measures the interior life of a survivor against the world she creates through her own fractured marriage, motherhood, and religion. Told in fragments, using hybrid and persona, Breitland confronts the trauma of her brother's death, her father's abuse, and the complicated relationships to her sister, mother, and womanhood. She reckons with her complicit, and often dishonest life, and how walking out from the burning construct demands her