Villanelle: Flood Time,
2019
NA
Villanelle: Flood Time, Eleanore Lee
Westview
The skies above just opened up, hear how the torrent roars… On city streets, through parks and lots, our stains are washed away.
Absolute Pitch,
2019
SUNY Geneseo
Water And Light,
2019
SUNY Geneseo
Stolen Toilet Paper,
2019
Syracuse University
Stolen Toilet Paper, Danielle Schaf
Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All
Stolen Toilet Paper is an argumentative creative nonfiction piece, that illuminates and illustrates an invisible narrative on this campus: that of being a low-income, first-generation college student. This thesis is composed of three vignettes—The Bridge to Academia, Falling between the Ivy, and Three Naked Mattresses—that articulate struggles that low-income, first-generation undergraduates encounter. The Bridge to Academia, exhibits the literacy needed to successfully navigate the terrain of academia. Falling Between the Ivy, highlights the stress of providing for one’s family, the lack of institutional support and resources for low-income students’ needs, and the impact that class has on academic performance. Three …
First Responders,
2019
DePauw University
First Responders, Melissa Browning
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
No abstract provided.
The Countdown,
2019
DePauw University
The Countdown, Heaven Jackson-Lattimore
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
No abstract provided.
The Gift Of Names,
2019
DePauw University
The Gift Of Names, Jacq Pelletier
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
No abstract provided.
"On The Contrary, Love",
2019
DePauw University
"On The Contrary, Love", Bronson Roseboro
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
No abstract provided.
Stuff They Don't Tell You About Your Whisker Biscuit,
2019
DePauw University
Stuff They Don't Tell You About Your Whisker Biscuit, Rose Overbey
A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University
No abstract provided.
Stranger In A Foreign Land,
2019
California State University, Monterey Bay
Stranger In A Foreign Land, Yasmin Mays
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Three creative non-fiction pieces detailing a character's journey from the home land Philadelphia to another Lynwood California, and all the other foreign places he visits, mainly the Philippines.
Poetic Representation Of Immigrant Bengali Women From Queens, New York: A Qualitative Exploration Of Narrative In Relation To Physical And Cultural Migration,
2019
CUNY Queens College
Poetic Representation Of Immigrant Bengali Women From Queens, New York: A Qualitative Exploration Of Narrative In Relation To Physical And Cultural Migration, Tabashshum J. Islam
Publications and Research
Poetic Representation of Immigrant Bengali Women from Queens, New York: A Qualitative Exploration of Narrative in Relation to Physical and Cultural Migration is a qualitative poetic inquiry and collaborative creative writing project. Five participants were interviewed and invited to engage in a collaborative writing process with the themes of immigration, cultural negotiation, and oral family history. All participants identified as college-educated Bengali women with a connection to Queens, New York, as well as being an immigrant or relative of an immigrant in the United States. From transcriptions of one-on-one interviews and personal notes, research-poetry was created to center on the …
The Natural Mother Of The Child,
2019
Northern Michigan University
The Natural Mother Of The Child, Krys Belc
All NMU Master's Theses
The Natural Mother of the Child is a memoir-in-essays about Belc’s experiences as a transmasculine birth parent. These essays use text and images to explore parenting on the margins of both motherhood and fatherhood. They also examine the ways in which legal and identity documents are limiting in their ability to describe gender and family. Topics explored include pregnancy, birth, lactation, masculinity, top surgery, medical transition, the meaning of biological relationships between parents and children, and microaggressions against transgender people.
Existentialmd.Com: Building Towards An Embodied Internet Aesthetic,
2019
CUNY Graduate Center
Existentialmd.Com: Building Towards An Embodied Internet Aesthetic, Natasha Ochshorn
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
ExistentialMD.com is a website that aims to treat the body as an emotional and social subject in an online space that is purposefully bodied and fleshy. The website contrasts original creative nonfiction essays with a formal structure that alludes to the medical website WebMD. Mimicking WebMD’s symptom checker, which asks users to locate their discomfort with increasing specificity before suggesting conditions they might be suffering from, ExistentialMD uses a similar structure to yield results that are more exploratory than diagnostic, and which envision the body as a site of experience and emotionality. Form and content combine to create an …
Where A Boundary,
2019
SUNY Geneseo
Breaking The Fourth Wall,
2019
Liberty University
Breaking The Fourth Wall, Esther Elizabeth Karram
Masters Theses
This creative, non-fiction thesis is written in memoir form and analyzes how a person perceives reality, how that perception is broken, and how a person copes with the limitations of a new reality. In examining my life, I came to realize that many of my performative tendencies stemmed from a desire to be loved and the belief that love was contingent upon perfection. What follows is my struggle to try to maintain that perfection, the failure to do so, and the slow acceptance of being an imperfect person in an imperfect world.
“We Were Just Trying To, You Know, Survive”: Coming Of Age As A Displaced Person And Narrative,
2019
Bellarmine University
“We Were Just Trying To, You Know, Survive”: Coming Of Age As A Displaced Person And Narrative, Eli Megibben
Undergraduate Theses
“Home” is a personal construct that shapes who we are. It is not a physical place, but rather an experience tied to a place. How are people to respond, then, when the socio-political institutions that rule the land that they call home say “you’re not allowed to exist because of who you are and where you come from”? In this project, I investigate the effects that physical displacement (by way of war and violent conflict) have on an individual’s identity through the analysis of narratives composed by individuals who were displaced by the Holocaust, the Bosnian war, and the current …
An Ode To The Imperfections,
2019
Otterbein University
An Ode To The Imperfections, Alexandra P. Schaffer
Undergraduate Distinction Papers
I first became fascinated with the personal essay when I read Tina Fey’s autobiography, Bossypants. I become so immersed in her writing because of how much I related to it. Like me, Fey is of Greek and German descent. Little details like this resonated with me along with a number of other characteristics we both shared, such as our shared love for self-deprecating humor. I fell in love with her stories, because although they were specific to her, they still connected to my own life. Her essays made me feel something, and they also helped me realize that I …
Ashbelt: Volume Six,
2019
The University of Akron
Anxiety Constellation,
2019
Georgia College
Anxiety Constellation, Leah Kuenzi
Creative Nonfiction MFA Theses
This thesis is a collection of essays.
Recovering Grace: How One Man's Religious Movement Turned Into A Homeschool Cult,
2019
Kennesaw State University
Recovering Grace: How One Man's Religious Movement Turned Into A Homeschool Cult, Kathryn Knight Harper
Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones
It turned out that the rules about Cabbage Patch kids and Troll dolls weren’t the only things that would leave lasting impressions on ATI students. This curriculum, as I was finding out, was more than just restrictions on toys and media consumption. ATI was the homeschooling program, but IBLP had rules and principles that touched absolutely every area of life. The homeschooling and seminar materials, all written by Gothard and honed over fifty years, were treated as the law by people in both of his organizations. There wasn’t room for debate, and there wasn’t room for dissention. Those who did …
