Date of Award
Spring 5-2021
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
Benjamin Naka-Hasebe Kingsley
Abstract
Never Pull an Arrow Out of a Body is a poetry collection which explores themes of ecology, religion, myth, morality, queerness, identity, and technology. These issues and their intersections often frame and inform questions regarding nature, naturalness, and natural law, which have implications in all aspects of human life. Rather than accepting norms about nature, these poems interrogate how people represent both human and ecological nature and how, in turn, such representations shape experiences of ourselves and of others. Therefore, this thesis revolves around ways in which institutions and ideologies alienate people from their own bodies and how such separation impacts our environments.
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DOI
10.25777/srcp-t806
Recommended Citation
Olive, Matthew G..
"Never Pull an Arrow Out of a Body"
(2021). Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Thesis, English, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/srcp-t806
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds/138