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The Spinners' Tales, Sierra N. Offutt
The Spinners' Tales, Sierra N. Offutt
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
“The Spinners’ Tales” is a loosely connected story collection exploring the lives of a variety of supernaturally gifted characters, referred to within their own community as Spinners.
Lockwood To Elgin, Bryan Washington
Lockwood To Elgin, Bryan Washington
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
A linked collection featuring a young gay man -- the son of a black mother and a Mexican father -- coming of age in contemporary Houston.
Whatever It Is We're Competing For, Ferris W. Mcdaniel
Whatever It Is We're Competing For, Ferris W. Mcdaniel
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
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Time Enough, Lb Kovac
Time Enough, Lb Kovac
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Rampant Love, Erica F. Deveer
Rampant Love, Erica F. Deveer
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Like Branches On A Tree, Meiloni C. Erickson
Like Branches On A Tree, Meiloni C. Erickson
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
The Cunning Folk, Erin N. Wylie
The Cunning Folk, Erin N. Wylie
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
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Alsobrook, Harvey S. Bartlett Iii
Alsobrook, Harvey S. Bartlett Iii
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
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The Isle Of Flightless Birds: A Concise History, Carin Chapman
The Isle Of Flightless Birds: A Concise History, Carin Chapman
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
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A Sister's Mythology, Robin Baudier
A Sister's Mythology, Robin Baudier
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Some New Place, Nicole Mayeux
Some New Place, Nicole Mayeux
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
It's Good To See You're Awake, Maurice C. Ruffin
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.
Wisteria And Other Stories, Michael Clayton
Wisteria And Other Stories, Michael Clayton
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
We are forever shaped by the worlds we live in. The following stories are musings on the importance of time and place and on the conflicts that arise for characters who are born into and who live with or rail against those forces. The stories are set in and around Laurel County, Georgia over a period of decades. They look at the people who are made there and the lessons they learn or fail to learn as they work to make their way there.
Adolescent Transformation In The Short Stories Of Carson Mccullers, Ashley-Ann Dorn Woods
Adolescent Transformation In The Short Stories Of Carson Mccullers, Ashley-Ann Dorn Woods
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Carson McCullers's neglected short stories "Sucker", "Like That", and "The Haunted Boy" depict stark adolescent crises. Her character analyses dramatize important elements of many theories of adolescent psychology. Each of these stories depicts what happens when something goes horribly wrong in the course of an already difficult stage of life. In "Sucker" two different stages of adolescent development collide. Pete and Sucker go through different psychological adjustments. The two boys discover the difficulties of adolescent romance, hero-worship, peer group formation and exclusion, and power reversal. The narrator in "Like That" struggles with her Peter-Pan complex as she witnesses her sister …