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Natural Trouble, Scott Hightower
Natural Trouble, Scott Hightower
Poetry
Natural Trouble continues Scott Hightower’s investigation begun in Tin Can Tourist. Themes of inheritance extend through changes of landscape and bad weather to hungers, urgencies, inequities, and bereavements. Hightower also reminds us that the practice of writing is at the core of democracy: poetry seeks a foundation in the truth of the individual, guaranteed and restored through the integrity of language.
All The Elephants Faced The Door: Fiction And Poetry, Stephanie B. Thome
All The Elephants Faced The Door: Fiction And Poetry, Stephanie B. Thome
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
All the Elephants Faced the Door is a collection of fiction and poetry. The first section, “The World is Nice to Butterflies,” is a collection of six short stories. The collection focuses on the Solis family. The family consists of six sisters and the stories follow their journey of falling in love, forming romantic relationships and the eventuality of marriage. The second half of my manuscript is composed of poems and is divided in three sections. The first, “The Stuff of the World is Love-Stuff,” is a sequence of love poems. The second section entitled, “Domestic Anxiety,” is a series …
The Red-Light District Of The Heart, Octavio Quintanilla Jr.
The Red-Light District Of The Heart, Octavio Quintanilla Jr.
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This is a creative thesis, a collection of fifty-seven poems. The poems are divided thematically into four sections. Family, identity, and human relationships are some of the themes I write about. The critical introduction outlines the history of Chicano poetry and shows how my work fits within this context.
The Hollow Spot: A Collection Of Fiction, Jose Rene Martinez
The Hollow Spot: A Collection Of Fiction, Jose Rene Martinez
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This is a creative thesis, specifically a collection of fourteen short stories and a critical introduction. Most of these stories showcase characters caught in times of change and turmoil. The critical introduction explores the influence that three contemporary writers, J. D. Salinger, Raymond Carver, and Michael Chabon, have had on my work. The purpose of this thesis is to provide an outlet for my creative energy.
Poetry, Music, And The Sustainability Of Language, Jan Wellington
Poetry, Music, And The Sustainability Of Language, Jan Wellington
Jan Wellington
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