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
Recommended Citation
Orsini, Kelsey R..
"In the Wild a Parasite"
(2022). Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Thesis, English, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/d6s2-q826
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds/126