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Shakespeare’S Economies Of Hospitality: Broken Comedies, Bad Hosts, And Troublesome Guests, John Henry Sauls
Shakespeare’S Economies Of Hospitality: Broken Comedies, Bad Hosts, And Troublesome Guests, John Henry Sauls
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Abstract Examining four Shakespeare plays for moments of hospitality and inhospitality, the question must be asked, “Is hosting and guesting necessary to maintain strong community?” In this exploration, hospitality is examined in four of Shakespeare’s plays, tracing its effects on the communities within those plays, showing that without hospitable performance, community falters and may eventually break apart. Such exploration of what goes well and not so well with hospitality offers a wealth of insight into cultural studies. Specific characters from these four plays are crucial to this study, as they provide concrete examples of human interactions gone awry and then …
Relationship Satisfaction For Significant Partners Of The Incarcerated: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Carrie Elizabeth Lund
Relationship Satisfaction For Significant Partners Of The Incarcerated: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Carrie Elizabeth Lund
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The United States incarcerates more individuals than any other country in the world (The Sentencing Project, 2023). Because of this, it is imperative that counseling professionals understand the lived experiences of those impacted by incarceration. Though research exists focusing on the effects of incarceration on children and families, there is still only a small body of research dedicated to understanding how incarceration impacts significant partners of the incarcerated. This study examined the lived experiences of eight significant partners of the incarcerated (SPIs) to better understand the ways in which incarceration impacted their romantic relationship satisfaction. Through the use of Interpretative …
Comparing Perceptions Of The Roles Of School Librarians Among Educators Using The Future Ready School Librarian Framework, Ellen Felicia Warden
Comparing Perceptions Of The Roles Of School Librarians Among Educators Using The Future Ready School Librarian Framework, Ellen Felicia Warden
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This non-experimental quantitative casual comparative survey study surveyed a sample (n=186) of public elementary (n=90), middle (n=69), and high school (n=57) school administrators (n=57), educators (n=62), and librarians (n=67) from 38 school districts across the state of Tennessee, regarding their perceptions of school librarians’ roles defined in the constructs of the Future Ready Schools – Librarian Framework. Results were analyzed via a one-way MANOVA and post hoc testing, and statistically significant differences in perceptions of the school librarian’s role were identified within the constructs of Use of Space and Time (p =<.001), Personalized Professional Learning (p=.025), Robust Infrastructure (p=.007), and Budget & Resources (p=.020). Statistical significance within these constructs is prevalent amongst comparison groups including the school librarian's role. Educators/teachers scored fulfillment perception higher than administrators and school librarians across all constructs. In contrast, school librarians scored fulfillment perception lower than other groups across all constructs, regardless of whether statistically significant results were found. Results implicate a need for changes to school librarian pre-service and future training to better prepare those entering and working the role to meet the expectations outlined within the Future Ready Schools Librarian Framework. Suggestions for future research and study limitations are also provided.
We’S Tied Boss: The Lived Experiences Of Black Professional Staff At A Historically White Institution During The Black Lives Matter Movement, Angela Smith Kuykendoll
We’S Tied Boss: The Lived Experiences Of Black Professional Staff At A Historically White Institution During The Black Lives Matter Movement, Angela Smith Kuykendoll
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Although research has been conducted on the lived experiences of Black student affairs professionals and academic advisors at Historically White Institutions (HWIs), the literature is scant in its representation of the larger body of Black Professional Staff (BPS) and their experiences. BPS are undervalued and disregarded and are a vital part of the fabric of HWIs. Drawing on Critical Race Theory in Education, anti-Black racism, and plantation politics, the purpose of this critical race methodology study was to describe how Black Professional Staff experienced and navigated racism at an HWI in the context of the Black Lives Matter movement (BLM). …
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy And Curricular Decision-Making In Elementary Art Education, Adeline Lynn White
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy And Curricular Decision-Making In Elementary Art Education, Adeline Lynn White
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Contemporary art education fails to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population in K–12 schools. Although there is an increased understanding and awareness that culture must become essential to the art education of students, there is a gap in research on how art educators individually and collectively create culturally sustaining curricula and how it is implemented into the classroom and received by students. This holistic multiple-case study addresses the lack of culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP) in the curricula used by art educators across the United States by examining how five elementary art educators designed opportunities to center student …
Perceptions Of Mattering Among General Education Teachers: Replication, Validation, And Extension Of The Fundamental Elements Of Mattering Scale For Teachers (Fems-T), Kailey B. Thornton
Perceptions Of Mattering Among General Education Teachers: Replication, Validation, And Extension Of The Fundamental Elements Of Mattering Scale For Teachers (Fems-T), Kailey B. Thornton
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This study aims to replicate, validate, and extend previous research on mattering in general education teachers. Specifically, this study sought to explore the psychometric properties of the Fundamental Elements of Mattering Scale for Teachers (FEMS-T; Wilfong, 2021). Participants completed demographic questions as well as questions related to their feelings of mattering as a teacher (N = 343). The study confirmed the factor structure of a streamlined 24-item FEMS-T, which exhibited better fit than the original 40 items identified by Wilfong (2021). The FEMS-T also demonstrated internal reliability and convergent validity with the Workplace Mattering Scale (WMS; Jung & Heppner, 2017). …
The Art Of Sex Work: The Figure Of The Sex Worker In Modernist And Contemporary Art, Francesca Rose Manard
The Art Of Sex Work: The Figure Of The Sex Worker In Modernist And Contemporary Art, Francesca Rose Manard
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The figure of the sex worker has been a recurring theme throughout modernist and contemporary art, signifying a variety of meanings that have been continually redefined by cultural conditions. This thesis analyzes how sex workers’ identities have been constructed through the visual arts, beginning at the advent of the modernist movement in the nineteenth century and concluding with twenty-first century contemporary art. The ways that the lived experiences of sex workers have manifested themselves in visual art grounds the discussion alongside analysis of the historical context for each artwork. While art prior to the advent of the women’s art movement …
Transmuting Childhood Trauma: A Case Study Exploring The Impact Of Childhood Trauma On The Career Choice And Teaching Experiences Of Special Education Teachers, Monica Bester
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In recent years, there has been a growing body of research on childhood trauma and its potential effects on the development of a child into adulthood. The findings of this research indicate that those who have undergone traumatic experiences might demonstrate effects in their behavior, interactions with others, management of stressful situations, and even in their career decisions as they mature in age. As research on the impact of trauma on career choices continues to expand, this study looks at trauma’s impact on the experiences and decisions of Special Education Teachers. This qualitative case study uses Contemporary Trauma Theory as …
Colored Narratives, Rashawn C. Penister
Colored Narratives, Rashawn C. Penister
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My thesis delves into Black identity through the medium of painting and drawing. Colored Narratives shows a fictional world where people called Unknown, due to their pure Black skin, living in a world where they are outcasts due to their looks and characteristics. These paintings discuss Black identity from theories by Black artists and authors. The pieces in Colored Narratives are created from different passages and converted into a visual message to show through cultural and personal narratives. Through these artworks, they aim to provide a clear understanding of race, representation, and identity.
A Causal-Comparative Study Of Novices And Experts Testing Nielsen's Five User Assumption Within A Learning Technology, Jessica Danielle Gatewood
A Causal-Comparative Study Of Novices And Experts Testing Nielsen's Five User Assumption Within A Learning Technology, Jessica Danielle Gatewood
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This non-experimental causal-comparative study aims to explore the possible effect of expertise on learning experience design (LXD) deviation identification and the classification of these deviations in alignment with provided learning experience design constructs within a learning technology. Additionally, this study challenges Nielsen’s (1993) Five User Assumption regarding how many novices or experts are needed to identify 80% of LXD deviations within the learning technology. According to Nielsen’s (1993) Five User Assumption, only five participants are required to identify 80% percent of usability problems; however, this assumption has yet to be tested within a learning technology (Nielsen, 1993). A convenience sample …
Political Consciousness & The Postcolonial Subject: Toward Revolutionary Education In Pakistan, Ali Mahboob
Political Consciousness & The Postcolonial Subject: Toward Revolutionary Education In Pakistan, Ali Mahboob
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We live in a post-colonial reality. It is a fact of history. A past that determines the present, a present that determines the future. It is not the colonization of land that this project seeks to inquire about, but the colonization of knowledge, for what we know determines who we are. This thesis studies the relationship between the construction of the colonial self and the colonial reality from which it derives consciousness. It is an epistemological examination of a form of knowledge that presupposes the inferiority of the colonial being. This colonization of knowledge is the foundation of Western Humanism …
A Comprehensive Examination Of Historical Events Leading To Disinterment Practices And Repatriation Delays Involving The Muscogee (Creek) Nation And Etowah Mounds, With An Analysis Of The Vermillion Accord As A Framework For Assessing How Repatriation Is Hindered When Institutions Reject Indigenous ‘Respect’ Ideologies That Honor Ancestral Remains, Wendy Butts
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The impetus for this dissertation was a meeting with several subject matter experts belonging to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, who shared their interest in garnering enough public support to pressure eleven institutions into returning burial belongings disinterred from the Etowah Mounds. As such, the objective of this historical research was to support the Tribe’s goal by raising public awareness of their decades-long repatriation challenges. In order to accomplish that objective, as a backdrop, this dissertation undertook a comprehensive examination of pertinent pre- and post- contact events surrounding Muskogean-speaking people of the Southeast region, which provided context for why present-day descendants …
The Modern Snare: An Analysis Of Repertoire For Snare Drum And Electronics By Underrepresented Composers, Susannah Rae Clabough
The Modern Snare: An Analysis Of Repertoire For Snare Drum And Electronics By Underrepresented Composers, Susannah Rae Clabough
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This document seeks to examine five pieces for solo snare drum and electronics by underrepresented composers. An important current topic of conversation among the percussion community is diversity. This prompted the selection of music by composers of two marginalized groups: Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and female-identifying composers. Each piece is analyzed to highlight electronics used, extended or uncommon techniques, different types of equipment needed, and performance choices. The five pieces examined in the document are Stop Speaking by Andy Akiho, Spur by Ivan Trevino, Pulsar by Francisco Perez, Obbligato Snare Drum Music No.1: “The Power of Love” by …
Chôros No. 10 "Rasga O Coração" (Tear The Heart) By Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Transcription For Wind Ensemble And Choir., Jose Wilker Augusto Da Silva
Chôros No. 10 "Rasga O Coração" (Tear The Heart) By Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Transcription For Wind Ensemble And Choir., Jose Wilker Augusto Da Silva
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This paper aims to comprehensively examine and investigate the musical background of Chôros No. 10, "Rasga Coração" (Tear the Heart), by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, focusing on its original version for orchestra and choir to the transcription for wind ensemble and choir. The Chôros series is a collective of 14 individual compositions in which only 12 were performed, and the last two, No. 13 and No. 14, being lost before their performance. The Chôros No. 10, composed in 1926, is considered Villa-Lobos' masterpiece, bringing classical music a combination of Brazilian culture with early 20th-century European compositional techniques. This project …
The Pedagogical Influence And Contributions Of John Thomas "Tommy" Johnson (1935-2006), Zachary Arthur Corpus
The Pedagogical Influence And Contributions Of John Thomas "Tommy" Johnson (1935-2006), Zachary Arthur Corpus
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Tubist John Thomas Johnson had a varied career, teaching middle band and orchestra, performing freelance across the southern California area, and teaching at several Los Angeles colleges and universities, including both the University of Southern California and Univesity of California – Los Angeles. His students held many of the most prestigious orchestral positions in the United States, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. Johnson is widely considered to be the most heard tubist ever, recording well over 2,000 films, soundtracks, commercial jingles, and television shows. Despite this notoriety, …
The Future Of Black Girlhood: Creative Expressions Of Black Girls' Imagination, Jamesha L. Hayes
The Future Of Black Girlhood: Creative Expressions Of Black Girls' Imagination, Jamesha L. Hayes
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Historically, opportunities have been limited for Black girls to share their girlhood experiences with mainstream society due to the lack of scholarship produced on Black girlhood. Additionally, there are limited narratives written by Black girls on their girlhood experiences. Therefore, the purpose of this qualitative study was to gather Black girls’ perspectives on Black girlhood through curated images of Black girlhood in the future. This study used two theoretical orientations: Black feminism and Black radical imagination. Both theories provided the study with the framework necessary to hear the girls’ unfiltered truths and provided the girls with methods to create future …
Examining Faith Conviction In Students And Their Writing, Luke Daniel Brake
Examining Faith Conviction In Students And Their Writing, Luke Daniel Brake
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This dissertation examines how religious students conceive of and compose their faith convictions in the composition classroom. This work explores how to respond to conviction within the classroom by looking at the American Pragmatists, showing how religious conviction could be necessary for producing a particular kind of writing and unlocking certain methods of writing for students that are inaccessible without allowing religious conviction to be present in the classroom. It then examines conviction itself, looking at what faith is, differentiating religious identity from religious conviction. This work then examines in-depth, qualitative interviews with four religious students at a secular university. …
Shallow Breathing, Sharon Kaitlynn Means
Shallow Breathing, Sharon Kaitlynn Means
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“Shallow Breathing,” follows the journey of Dora, a young woman who embarks on a life-changing adventure as she marries the love of her life and relocates to a quaint, isolated town nestled in the hills of Tennessee—Morris Chapel. Eager to embrace her new life, Dora stumbles upon a haunting mystery surrounding the family who once inhabited her home. As the secrets of the past slowly unveil themselves, Dora becomes consumed by an insatiable desire to unearth the truth. Morris Chapel, shrouded in mystery, holds dark secrets that have long been buried. Through Dora’s relentless pursuit of the truth, she discovers …
Players, Not Parts: Rethinking Percussion Writing For Wind Ensemble, Ben Overton Alford
Players, Not Parts: Rethinking Percussion Writing For Wind Ensemble, Ben Overton Alford
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This document is both a supplement to and an explanation of my final project for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Memphis. I have taken five compositions for wind ensemble and rearranged the percussion parts to assist with the ease of performance, equipment, and personnel. I began work on this project in the Fall of 2022, inspired by a rehearsal of Urban Requiem, and was able to have my edit of A Child’s Garden Of Dreams performed by the percussion section of the University Of Memphis Wind Ensemble during the performance of said piece in the …
Sacred Beast, Bryan Pallotta
Sacred Beast, Bryan Pallotta
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Sacred Beast is a set of three character pieces for wind ensemble. I wanted to capture a wide range of emotions with this work; most specifically, those of excitement, mystery, fury, and mourning. The end result is a raucous balance of deference and violence. I made a conscious effort to develop ideas which suit the wind ensemble’s vast timbral capabilities as well as fill the large spaces in which it would be performed. Movement I: Vulture. This is the longest movement of the piece and broadly consists of two core ideas. The first is a texture of overlapping ostinati and …
Girl, Let Me Tell You: Exploring The Narratives Of Black Women Professional Staff In Higher Education And How They Engage In Acts Of Everyday Resistance, Fredrika Cowley
Girl, Let Me Tell You: Exploring The Narratives Of Black Women Professional Staff In Higher Education And How They Engage In Acts Of Everyday Resistance, Fredrika Cowley
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Black women have existed on the margins of higher education for many years. Our voices, perspectives, stories, struggles, and even our successes have been largely ignored by the dominant sociocultural group. Additionally, most of the literature on Black women in higher education either lumps us all together regardless of role or focuses on faculty or student affairs professionals. There is a lack of literature that focuses exclusively on the experiences of Black women professional staff in higher education. This study was an attempt to address this gap in the literature by describing the narratives of Black women professional staff in …
Psychometric Analysis Of The Geses, Anthony Robert Eldridge
Psychometric Analysis Of The Geses, Anthony Robert Eldridge
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Research suggests a surge in the number of students attending a college or university. However, whether first-generation students complete their degree program remains a problem. Approximately thirty-three percent of first-generation students who began postsecondary education in 2003–04 left postsecondary education without earning a postsecondary credential. The current study investigated the psychometric properties of a revised version of a measure of academic, research, and social self-efficacy. Specifically, a sample of 403 Mturk participants ’completed the Graduate Education Self-Efficacy Scale (GESES). There were three primary research questions: 1) For a revised version of the GESES, is the original three-factor structure supported, 2) …
Assessing Design Quality In Online Courses At A Public University, Anthony Kiech
Assessing Design Quality In Online Courses At A Public University, Anthony Kiech
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This research assesses the extent to which asynchronous online STEM courses at a public university integrate Merrill's First Principles of Instruction. Through a quantitative content analysis of thirty unique online courses within the College of Arts and Sciences, the study investigates the extent, if any, to which these courses embody principles such as problem-centered learning, activation, demonstration, application, and integration. A validated survey instrument, Course Scan, was used for evaluation and indicated a low extent of Merrill's First Principles of Instruction in the sample courses. Methodology, including the investigation plan and instrumentation, are shared. Results are shared, indicating low implementation …
Unraveling The Black Superwoman: Identifying Successful Higher Educational Leadership Pathways For Black Women Navigating Barriers In Southern Medical Colleges, Latoya R. Windom
Unraveling The Black Superwoman: Identifying Successful Higher Educational Leadership Pathways For Black Women Navigating Barriers In Southern Medical Colleges, Latoya R. Windom
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This research is necessitated as Black women continue to face unique and significant challenges in educational leadership. Supported by Black Feminist Theory, this study explores the successful leadership pathways of Black women in medical higher education while navigating barriers. The goal is to promote the inclusion of Black women in medical education and leadership positions by utilizing three core tenets of Black feminism – intersectionality, lived experiences/storytelling, and Black women as agents of knowledge (Black feminist epistemology). This groundbreaking study challenges the dominant narrative and discourse surrounding Black women's experiences in medical higher education. The personal stories shared by Black …
Associations Of Maternal Cigarette Smoking In Pregnancy With Early Smoking Initiation And Asthma Development In The Offspring, Testing The Intermediate Role Of Dna Methylation And The Role Of The Glutathione S-Transferase (Gst) Gene Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (Snps), Parnian Kheirkhah Rahimabad
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Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy (MSP) is a global health concern, with approximately half of smoking women continuing this habit throughout pregnancy. Epidemiological studies link in-utero exposure to cigarette smoke to detrimental outcomes, including an increased risk of asthma and smoking initiation in the offspring. While epidemiological research has shown the negative impacts of MSP, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Epigenetic modifications, specifically DNA methylation (DNAm), have been suggested as a mediator of the association between MSP and adverse health outcomes in the offspring. MSP has been associated with alterations in offspring DNAm. There is, however, limited understanding of individual …
Steffen Schleiermacher's Twelve Soundscapes Inside The Piano: A Performance And Teaching Perspective, Daryl Francisco Rojas Rojas
Steffen Schleiermacher's Twelve Soundscapes Inside The Piano: A Performance And Teaching Perspective, Daryl Francisco Rojas Rojas
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ABSTRACT Rojas, Daryl F. D.M.A. The University of Memphis. March, 2024. Steffen Schleiermacher’s Twelve Soundscapes Inside the Piano: A Performance and Teaching Perspective. Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Tsay. This document presents the living German composer and pianist Steffen Schleiermacher’s Twelve Soundscapes Inside the Piano as a tool for intermediate level pianists who would like to incorporate unconventional piano techniques in their repertoire. It also provides a technical and pedagogical analysis for pianists and teachers who would like to learn more about a composer who is relatively unknown in the US. This document includes a brief biography and artistic background of the …
Avenue Breakdown: Black Music And The Recording Industry In Shreveport, 1948-1988, John Michael Shaw
Avenue Breakdown: Black Music And The Recording Industry In Shreveport, 1948-1988, John Michael Shaw
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Although there has been some scholarship in regard to country music in the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, as well as research into the lives of Jimmie Davis and Huddie Ledbetter, no comprehensive research into the city’s rich Black music scene has heretofore existed. Furthermore, the area has been home to a number of Black artists about whom little has been written. This dissertation attempts to document Shreveport’s Black music scene, both in live performance and recording, during a forty-year period stretching from 1948 to 1988. These years interestingly coincide with the opening and closing of an iconic record shop and …
The Prevalence Of Aces Among Foster Parents In Alabama, Levonna S. Davis
The Prevalence Of Aces Among Foster Parents In Alabama, Levonna S. Davis
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Abstract Highlights: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) affect 63.9% of the U.S. population, slated to cause detrimental impact on physical health, mental health, and social outcomes to include parenting behaviors; however, a thorough assessment of its impact on foster parents is minimal. Foster parents are subject to ACEs, which in turn, may impact foster care placement outcomes. Objectives: To examine the prevalence of ACEs among foster parents in Alabama and the relationship between ACEs, foster parent characteristics, and some foster care placement outcomes such as length of placement and number of placements per foster parent. Participants included 52 licensed foster parents …
Optimal Floating Platform Design For Offshore Energy Systems, Chandler Shaw Cain
Optimal Floating Platform Design For Offshore Energy Systems, Chandler Shaw Cain
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A comprehensive study was performed on the hydro-structural design exploration of floating platforms for offshore energy systems using shape parameterization and dynamic system design optimization techniques. The study aims to develop a novel design framework that optimizes the structure of the platform for stable dynamic responses to ocean waves, ensuring that the motion of the platform as well as its acceleration are reduced when compared to the simple designs currently employed, while ensuring satisfactory geometrical constraints. The study delves into the free-form design of the outer columns of the floating platform beyond conventional predefined shapes to enhance the overall performance …
Who Said I Was A Cookie, Madison Ashley Hunter
Who Said I Was A Cookie, Madison Ashley Hunter
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Who Said I Was A Cookie is a poetry collection filled to the brim with fear-stained journal entries, calling-my-mama-for-the-5th-time-today rants, prayers about finding home within myself, half completed checklists as soundtracks and the sting of their cry for wanting to be whole, and satirical and soul immersing questionnaires. Readers receive a golden ticket to the party where every version of myself finally meets one another and devises a plan to ignore the false flavors of Black womanhood that people have menacingly mixed for me to embody while also baking the version of myself I desire to be. This is a …