First Advisor

Paul Collins

Date of Publication

Spring 5-14-2015

Document Type

Closed Thesis

Degree Name

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

Department

English

Language

English

Subjects

Running -- Biography, Neurology -- Biography, Brain -- Diseases -- Biography

DOI

10.15760/etd.2307

Physical Description

1 online resource (iii, 235 pages)

Abstract

This work of nonfiction examines the ways in which an unexpected and devastating health condition at the age of eighteen influences a person's identity and perception of self. The narrative is based largely around running, and the narrator explores what it means to live in a body that might fail.

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This thesis is only available to students, faculty and staff at PSU.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15481

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