20,
2026
University at Buffalo
A List Of Unseen Contradictions,
2026
SUNY FIT
A List Of Unseen Contradictions, Dom Danielle
Gandy Dancer Archives
No abstract provided.
House Show,
2026
Binghamton University
Dear Believer Or Something Adjacent,
2026
SUNY Fredonia
Dear Believer Or Something Adjacent, Bridget Brown
Gandy Dancer Archives
No abstract provided.
100 Planes,
2026
SUNY Oneonta
Tele Vision,
2026
SUNY Fredonia
Son Flour,
2026
Stony Brook University
There Are Ravens Inside Me,
2026
SUNY Fredonia
There Are Ravens Inside Me, Nadia Christina
Gandy Dancer Archives
No abstract provided.
Ars Poetica,
2026
SUNY Fredonia
Good People,
2026
SUNY Purchase
Gandy Dancer 14.2 (Spring 2026),
2026
SUNY Geneseo
Gandy Dancer 14.2 (Spring 2026), Gandy Dancer
Gandy Dancer Archives
No abstract provided.
Will The Demons Follow (And Other Stories),
2026
University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Will The Demons Follow (And Other Stories), Eberechi Onyekachi Mcbride
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Will The Demons Follow (and Other Stories) is a collection of interconnected short stories that examines memory, trauma, migration, and womanhood across Nigerian and diasporic spaces. Set in both Nigeria and the United States, the stories move between villages, cities, and immigrant communities, presenting characters whose lives are shaped by cultural expectations, spiritual beliefs, family authority, and personal longing. Through multiple narrative voices, the collection considers how the past continues to shape the present. Characters struggle with family conflict, religious pressure, sexual violence, and the psychological burdens carried across borders. In the title story, “Will The Demons Follow?”, the narrator …
Blood, Steel, And Stone,
2026
University of Texas at El Paso
Blood, Steel, And Stone, Jennifer Camplair Hassell
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
This thesis, Blood, Stone, and Steel, explores the intergenerational impact of trauma, memory, and history through a unique blend of poetry, photography, and personal family narratives. Drawing on archival materials, family photographs, and the tradition of documentary poetry, the work investigates how the legacy of war and immigration shapes identity across generations. Inspired by Marianne Hirsch's concept of postmemory, the author examines inherited memories and their affective transmission, focusing on the experiences of her great-grandfather - a German immigrant and WWI veteran - and the subsequent effects on her family. The narrative is structured in three parts: BLOOD, reflecting loss …
Obsequium, And Other Stories,
2026
University of Texas at El Paso
Obsequium, And Other Stories, Jesse Epps
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
This thesis collection, Obsequium, and Other Stories, explores the emotional and social consequences of poverty, racism, addiction, grief, and generational trauma through a blend of literary fiction, horror, and postmodern satire. Drawing heavily from the author's upbringing in the American South, the collection examines how people navigate systems of oppression while struggling to maintain identity, dignity, and agency. The accompanying critical preface reflects on the author's creative development, personal hardships, and the literary influences that shaped the work, including horror writers such as Stephen King and postmodern authors like Chuck Palahniuk and Percival Everett. Across the stories, recurring themes of …
Lena's Shadow,
2026
University of Texas at El Paso
Lena's Shadow, Rebecca Lynn Dolloff
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
Horror as a History and as a Comfort to preface Lena's Shadow.
The Outcome Of Falling,
2026
University of Texas at El Paso
The Outcome Of Falling, Nia Simone Mccray
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
The following thesis project is an erotic romance novel, accompanied by a critical essay on it. This project follows the journey of Zane and Adeena as they navigate the enlightening experience of falling in love. Love is not easy - it challenges the characters to inwardly and outwardly reflect on who they are as people and how they live their lives. In the novel, it is seen how Zane and Adeena's connection brings pleasure and catalytic change to themselves. The preface is a critical and aesthetic-based discussion on how the novel came to fruition. The essay includes discussion on the …
The Creature From Space: A Science Fiction Musical,
2026
University of Texas at El Paso
The Creature From Space: A Science Fiction Musical, Monroe Nathaniel Oxley
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
My thesis examines how the musical The Creature from Space uses metatheatre, musical form, and science fiction to explore identity, conformity, and social control within a fictional 1950s Texas town. Centered on Lilly, a young woman struggling between loyalty to her hometown and the desire for personal freedom, the musical reimagines conventions of the Golden Age American musical while critiquing the ideological structures embedded within them. Drawing on works such as Oklahoma!, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Schmigadoon!, Little Shop of Horrors, and Ride the Cyclone, the project examines how musical theatre constructs and reinforces social roles through performance. The …
Katie In-Between,
2026
University of Texas at El Paso
Katie In-Between, Savannah Rae Sarabia
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
Katie In-Between is a contemporary young-adult fiction piece that follows the protagonist Katie as she learns about and reclaims her cultural identity. In her process, she learns the importance of embracing her identity, which refutes biases and ideals about who is and who is not part of her community. This story draws on personal experience navigating cultural identity and confronting histories and events that suppress that minority community's expression in American society. Through narration, poetry, and journal entries, readers are exposed to the confrontation of languages and histories to support ideas such as Gloria Anzaldúa's concept of nepantla, which refutes …
Asunto Familiar,
2026
University of Texas at El Paso
Asunto Familiar, Paolo Velazquez Angeles
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
Asunto Familiar is a project told through short stories. Set in the El Paso/Ciudad Juarez community, it tells the story of one family and their ever-changing lives after a death derails their entire trajectory. Informed by queer perseverance in the bilingual communities of the Chihuahuan Desert, Asunto Familiar aims at exploring the subtle ways family can inflict violence on each other, specifically on their queer members. This in turn, revealing the transitional power of queerness, allowing the characters to uphold love and move away from their predetermined societal roles.
Facsimiles,
2026
CUNY Brooklyn College
Facsimiles, Russell Soh
Student Theses
An excerpt:
Hi Everyone, I’m currently in the process of organizing and sketching out a series of prose proems based on a small multitude of notes I’ve accrued over the last six months. These notes are essentially notes towards the writing of various poems (around 8). The idea is basically to turn these notes, or these would-be poems, into a series of abstracted ‘facsimiles’, like tangible ghosts trapped in a simulacrum of the poem. I need to be reacquainted with the prose poem, or at least my idea of it.
