Fire Index: Poems Maggie Smith philosopher Barry Lam argues that

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

these boots are perfect for any occasion

a university student heads home after class

When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union

and her days connecting vital calls between platoons and bases and generals

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