First Advisor

Leni Zumas

Date of Publication

Fall 12-19-2014

Document Type

Closed Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Creative Writing

Department

English

Language

English

Subjects

Death -- Fiction, Human body -- Fiction, Biodegradation -- Fiction, Taxidermy -- Fiction

DOI

10.15760/etd.2079

Physical Description

1 online resource (ii, 120 pages)

Abstract

Children find decomposing bodies on a beach. A girl becomes a ghost and finds someone. A dog dies but its owner is out of his mind and eating waffles. Sheep are a perfect species. A woman experiences a pregnancy that is out of this world! A raccoon dies and you watch its body break down. A father does his best fathering.

You take a textual road-trip tour of America’s oldest hobby. A trauma is slowed down, picked apart. A soupfin shark is dissected and you watch. A homestead becomesa ghost town in rural Oregon. Joseph Beuys is an artist.

A sister falls in love with an object, has a difference of opinion with her sister.

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Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/13191

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