Date of Award

Spring 5-3-2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

Second Advisor

Mychal Denzel Smith

Academic Program Adviser

Michael Rizzo

Abstract

How does one come to understand their relationship to sexuality and desire in middle age, inside an aromantic marriage, on the maximum dose of libido-crushing Lexapro, after having published a memoir about a decade of sexual trauma? This work of creative nonfiction tells the beginning of a story about a marriage opening and then ending through the lens of a woman coming to terms with her sexuality.

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