Download or read book Begging for Vultures written by Lawrence Welsh and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2011-07-25 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poetry of Lawrence Welsh crosses many borders, from South Central Los Angeles, where he was raised, to El Paso, where he has lived for almost twenty years. A newspaper man turned poet, a punk rock songwriter who became an English teacher, an Irishman at home in Texas, Welsh gives voice to the famous, the infamous, and the forgotten.