Date of Award

Spring 5-3-2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

Creative Writing

First Advisor

Alan Shapiro

Second Advisor

Donna Masini

Academic Program Adviser

Mike Rizzo

Abstract

This is a collection of poems exploring identity in the Deep South through its language, religious imagery, and relationship to animals. The poems are charged with dream logic, fevered images, and beauty and horror found in the art of others.

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