First Advisor

John Beer

Term of Graduation

Spring 2023

Date of Publication

7-25-2023

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

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

Department

English

Language

English

Subjects

Fellowship -- Poetry

DOI

10.15760/etd.3620

Physical Description

1 online resource (iii, 150 pages)

Abstract

In National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation, a man of good will offers all he has to a dear brother-in-law--recognizing the snakes he keeps as toys, the camper, the stones, dirt, and arid shrubbery are likewise dear to him. They go out to the desert at night and dig shallow holes, seemingly at random. Their imprecision is surprisingly fruitful. Imagine the constellation they made for the stars. In Communion Anthropoid, I am digging shallow holes in the dark with a mind to unearth what I believe I have lost. The dearness, I suppose. These poems vary in form from eight lines of upended syntax to twenty pages of accrued narratives. This collection leans into the mess and attempts to provoke readers through charged moments as well as the cascade it creates.

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