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I'M Never Fine, Joseph S. Lezza
I'M Never Fine, Joseph S. Lezza
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Title of Thesis: I'm Never Fine
Joseph S. Lezza, Master of Fine Arts, 2019
Thesis Directed by: Nelson Cardenas, Ph. D.
The University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Creative Writing
During the course of my father's fifteen-month battle with pancreatic cancer, and in its oceanic aftermath, I became both intimately and uncomfortably familiar with the phrase "I'm fine." It developed into a practical and efficient tool for bringing about a quick shift in subject whenever my family situation came under question by a well-meaning friend, trepidatious relative and even during an unexpectedly emotional phone call with my …