Date of Award

Spring 5-3-2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

Creative Writing

First Advisor

Donna Masini

Second Advisor

Alan Shapiro

Academic Program Adviser

Michael Rizzo

Abstract

This thesis is a draft of a poetry manuscript, So Many Ways to Die the Butt of the Joke. The poems seek to explore a world in which the familiar is constantly on the brink of becoming strange through themes of girlhood, desire, violence, ontological anxiety, and growing up in America.

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