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
Benjamín Kingsley
Abstract
This poetry collection is about family and heritage. It examines the things passed down between generations and looks at the science of inheritance. It is about grief and fear, but also love and growth. It is about the stars, how the lines that form constellations can also be the lines that hold a family together, how those lines are ever-changing into new shapes.
These poems are about hope and imagination and possibility. They are about finding joy even in sadness and loss. They are about dominant genes but also recessive ones, and the celebration of outcomes that seem the most improbable. They are about building a future with those who are most important, about always looking towards light.
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DOI
10.25777/hxsa-bx11
Recommended Citation
Tala, Courtney L..
"Inside You, Your Cells Dividing Like Stars"
(2021). Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Thesis, English, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/hxsa-bx11
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds/140