First Advisor

Paul Collins

Term of Graduation

Spring 2025

Date of Publication

4-10-2025

Document Type

Closed Thesis

Degree Name

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

Department

English

Language

English

Subjects

gender dynamics, insects, memoir, personal essay, predation, relationships

Physical Description

1 online resource (iv, 100 pages)

Abstract

Spread is a genre-bending collection exploring predation, violence, and intimacy as connected, relational experiences. Interweaving essays chronicling relationships with ghosts, bugs, men, God, women, etc. and short fiction embodying non-human perspectives (a deer, bear, bird, and tsunami), Spread attempts to confront and merge with the unfamiliar, and to find tenderness there. It also articulates the urge to live as prey -- the desire to be consumed, and to consume -- and the simultaneous urge to live beyond this foregone conclusion.

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© 2025 Natalie Ann Flaherty

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Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/43277

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