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Origin Story, Rose Marion Lopez
Origin Story, Rose Marion Lopez
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ORIGIN STORY
by
Rose Marion Lopez
Florida International University, 2020
Miami, Florida
Professor Julie Marie Wade, Major Professor
ORIGIN STORY is a collection of lyric essays that examines coming into adulthood and forging a life with a long-time significant other. These essays explore the speaker’s identity as a daughter, sister, partner, and eventual wife and mother across multiple states and countries of residence. They incorporate both traditional scene-based storytelling and hybrid innovations of text, image, and fragmentation to present the speaker’s journey from as many perspectives as possible.
The literary influences of ORIGIN STORY include Rivka …