Date of Award

Spring 5-2022

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

Program/Concentration

Creative Writing

Committee Director

Luisa A. Igloria

Committee Member

Remica Bingham-Risher

Committee Member

Molly McCully Brown

Abstract

This poetry collection is about topics such as women, family, the environment, climate change, jewelry, history, mythology, hunger, and animals. In the Wild a Parasite is a reference to the process through which pearls are created in nature, and the oyster and pearl motif in many of the poems is linked to the natural world and our impact on it, as well as why we are drawn to and place value on products like pearls. The poems explore thematic questions surrounding care, cruelty, memory, preservation, inheritance, and identity.

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DOI

10.25777/d6s2-q826

ISBN

9798819393437

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