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Zona, Zachary Williams
Zona, Zachary Williams
Dissertations
This dissertation is a collection of poems written between 2011 and 2019. Zona the title of the book, meditates on themes of precarity, loss, imagination, and transformation. Drawing from both the Surrealist and Deep Image traditions, the book comments on life and aesthetic experience under late-stage capitalism.
Thirteen Unlikely Stories, Joseph Gray
Thirteen Unlikely Stories, Joseph Gray
Dissertations
Thirteen Unlikely Stories is a collection of fiction composed and revised at the
University of Southern Mississippi’s Center for Writers.
18 Dorset Ct., Allison Catherine Campbell
18 Dorset Ct., Allison Catherine Campbell
Dissertations
The following poems and essays were completed by the author between October 2012 and April 2016.
Material Matters, Thomas George Holmes
Material Matters, Thomas George Holmes
Dissertations
Material Matters is a collection of original poems written by Thomas G. Holmes, while a doctoral student at The University of Southern Mississippi. The poems explore the materiality of writing.
Filipino, Too: Compositions On Culture And Identity, Randy Eugene Gonzales
Filipino, Too: Compositions On Culture And Identity, Randy Eugene Gonzales
Dissertations
“Filipino, too: Compositions on Culture and Identity” is a creative dissertation that documents my journey to understand my cultural heritage, focusing on my displacement as an expatriate and as a third-generation Filipino American.
This Animal, Elena Therese Tomorowitz
This Animal, Elena Therese Tomorowitz
Dissertations
This Animal is a poetic narrative about humans’ animalistic instincts and how we use them to navigate our relationships with others and the world around us.
Quarry Light And Other Stories, Claudia Lois Smith
Quarry Light And Other Stories, Claudia Lois Smith
Dissertations
Quarry Light and Other Stories is a collection of short stories and one novella articulating themes of violence, trauma, and sexuality. The stories in Quarry Light and Other Stories are arranged according the theme, movement, and tonality. Although they can stand alone, the stories are meant to be read interdependently. The collection is accompanied by a critical introduction.
Ladies And Gentlemen, Robert John Bartholomew
Ladies And Gentlemen, Robert John Bartholomew
Dissertations
This collection of short stories treats of the following diverse themes: the redemptive possibilities for seemingly despicable characters; the ways in which circumstances and the social environment affect characters' sexualities and personal relationships; the lengths to which characters are willing to go to get what they want, which want is often the desire to make contact with others; the struggle between characters' narcissism and their need to come to terms with a new self image, a self image which is often at odds with the one they wish for themselves; and the beauty of vulnerability. Additionally, one of the chief …
Daimon, Miranda Foster Merklein
Daimon, Miranda Foster Merklein
Dissertations
The following creative dissertation is a book of 57 poems.
Upstate Roadkill Memorial Service, Scott Christian Fynboe
Upstate Roadkill Memorial Service, Scott Christian Fynboe
Dissertations
Upstate Roadkill Memorial Service is a collection of poems that examines death and mortality and includes a critical preface.
Cryptid, Phillip Jarett Underwood
Cryptid, Phillip Jarett Underwood
Dissertations
Cryptid is a term from the field of cryptozoology, which ostensibly presents itself as the study of creatures that may or may not exist, such as – but not limited to – Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Jersey Devil. The term itself, cryptid, refers to one of these unknown creatures. The novella presented here concerns a half-Native American man and his struggle to know not only his dead parents, but himself and his place in the world. While cryptids play a minor role within the boundaries of the narrative itself, the novella concerns itself more with the ways …
The Son's Return, Gary Charles Wilkens
The Son's Return, Gary Charles Wilkens
Dissertations
This dissertation is a collection of poems accompanied by a critical preface.
Room, Vallie Lynn Watson
Room, Vallie Lynn Watson
Dissertations
Room is a short novel written at The University of Southern Mississippi. It is accompanied by a critical preface.