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University of Massachusetts Amherst

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2019

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Karaoke At The Train Station, Joseph Crescente Jan 2019

Karaoke At The Train Station, Joseph Crescente

MFA Program for Poets & Writers Masters Theses Collection

An American singing prodigy escapes to Russia following the death of his bandmate and stays after his last close relative – his mother – dies. It’s the late 1990s and he’s found a new home. After a decade in obscurity he makes a comeback by joining a Russian musical collective, but when they embark on a tour during the events in Crimea in 2014, accusations swirl about his past as a democracy promoter for a U.S.-funded NGO in Vladivostok. Condemned by the media as a spy, he’s eventually denounced by Rokko – the man who rediscovered him, mentored him, and …


Ain't Dere No More, Zachery Elbourne Jan 2019

Ain't Dere No More, Zachery Elbourne

MFA Program for Poets & Writers Masters Theses Collection

Ain't Dere No More is a poem