Date of Award
Spring 2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English
Committee Director
Tim Seibles
Committee Member
Luisa A. Igloria
Committee Member
Delores B. Phillips
Abstract
This thesis emerges out of the author’s own experiences as a permanent resident of the USA in a time of increasing tension towards immigrants. As the poems progress they deal not only with the immediate political concerns, but also with the familial issues of living on another continent as the poems address the way distance adds an extra layer of strain the death of the author’s grandfather in early 2016.
The thesis attempts to find a counterpoint to the increased sense of nationalism and distance through the use of music as a plane of aesthetic engagement that goes beyond nation. To this extent, it draws in more hybrid forms as it uses erasure poems made from the liner notes of several albums, and constructs playlist poems. Ultimately while the political tension remains the poems do find some degree of peace in the moments spent connecting with another individual over music.
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DOI
10.25777/ekt0-8k31
ISBN
9780355959932
Recommended Citation
McGarry, Joshua.
"Permanent Resident"
(2018). Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Thesis, English, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/ekt0-8k31
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds/38