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Under The Pomegranate Tree, Aneela Shuja Dec 2013

Under The Pomegranate Tree, Aneela Shuja

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Mina is a young girl in a rural village called Tobay in Pakistan when her only friend Dhaaga, a family servant around her age, suddenly leaves. After a betrayal by her father’s second, much younger wife, Mina starts her long journey. She becomes a prostitute in Heera Mandi, the famed red light district of Lahore, and unexpectedly finds friends in a nearby transvestite brothel. Mina suddenly ends up with her life in danger when she tries to take revenge on the man who ruined Dhaaga’s life. She gets help from a human rights lawyer and escapes to safety in America …


Something Like "Yes", Laura J. Mcknight Ms. Dec 2013

Something Like "Yes", Laura J. Mcknight Ms.

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Runners Of Shawnee Road, Melissa Remark Dec 2013

The Runners Of Shawnee Road, Melissa Remark

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Llave, Brenda M. Reagan Dec 2013

Llave, Brenda M. Reagan

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Last Known Tomorrow, Larry J. Wormington Dec 2013

Last Known Tomorrow, Larry J. Wormington

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

N/A


Missing Persons, Ho-Kyung Whang Dec 2013

Missing Persons, Ho-Kyung Whang

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Fraser Fir, Josie A. Scanlan Dec 2013

Fraser Fir, Josie A. Scanlan

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Stories From A Golden State, Sara R. Paul Dec 2013

Stories From A Golden State, Sara R. Paul

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Before, During, After, Kelly Rose Aug 2013

Before, During, After, Kelly Rose

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Following in the footsteps of writers Mary Karr, Joan Didion, Russell Baker, and many others, Kelly Rose writes about her childhood, marriage, and subsequent divorce from a New Orleans journalist. Her writing is broken down into various sections, which address her writing influences, her troubled relationship with her mother and her complicated divorce. Finally, the author discusses how these experiences have shaped her writing today.


Leitmotif, Breiseus A. Ashford Aug 2013

Leitmotif, Breiseus A. Ashford

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Ghosts That We Knew, Cara E. Cotter Aug 2013

Ghosts That We Knew, Cara E. Cotter

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a collection of fictional short stories about loss and the left behind, seeking to confront grief in terms of hope, humor, and getting the oar back in the water to row on.


Days Of Forgetful Pirating And Other Stories, Daniel Morales Aug 2013

Days Of Forgetful Pirating And Other Stories, Daniel Morales

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Glasgow And Other Stories, Hannah Choi May 2013

Glasgow And Other Stories, Hannah Choi

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Birdhouse At The Bottom Of The Ocean, Sarah C. Howze May 2013

A Birdhouse At The Bottom Of The Ocean, Sarah C. Howze

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


It's Good To See You're Awake, Maurice C. Ruffin May 2013

It's Good To See You're Awake, Maurice C. Ruffin

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a short story collection set primarily New Orleans and focuses on the subject of fathers and sons. It explores the effect that the absence of a father figure or the presence of an unsuitable father may have on boys and men. The stories are literary fiction.


Edith, Henry Griffin May 2013

Edith, Henry Griffin

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Still Life Moving Fast, Kelly Jones May 2013

Still Life Moving Fast, Kelly Jones

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Coyote Made Me, Whitney Mackman May 2013

Coyote Made Me, Whitney Mackman

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Language Of Trees, Lorraine A. Martinuik May 2013

The Language Of Trees, Lorraine A. Martinuik

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The Language of Trees is a poetry collection based on a series of walks, and rooted in the experience of place on a small island off the west coast of Canada. Prose poems and a serial poem that gives the collection its title, reflect the poet's leanings towards experiment. The preface discusses poetics and the poet's technical approach to form.


Bend Against The Wind, Sidney W. Meilleur May 2013

Bend Against The Wind, Sidney W. Meilleur

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

N/A


Shades Of Zaida, Rachel E. Pollock May 2013

Shades Of Zaida, Rachel E. Pollock

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Lonely, Brent Steven Scott May 2013

The Lonely, Brent Steven Scott

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Blisters, Kristina A. Walton May 2013

Blisters, Kristina A. Walton

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

n/a


Getting To Chicago, Sarah A. Rae May 2013

Getting To Chicago, Sarah A. Rae

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This creative thesis of poems explores the relationship between traveling literally and traveling metaphorically as the speaker grapples with the reality of her mother's Alzheimer's disease. In the process, she uncovers her own potentialities and limitations.


Yellowhammer, Carrie Chappell May 2013

Yellowhammer, Carrie Chappell

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Building Bonfires, Michael Haines May 2013

Building Bonfires, Michael Haines

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

N/A


I Believe In My System, Guy Choate May 2013

I Believe In My System, Guy Choate

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.