Date of Award
Spring 2026
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Program/Concentration
Creative Writing
Committee Director
John P. McManus
Committee Member
Jane E. Alberdeston
Committee Member
Marianne L. Chan
Abstract
The wall has been here long before you. It has watched families rot from within, heard arguments spill into violence, felt the tremor of footsteps that never returned. It has listened to whispers through baby monitors, witnessed impostors wear familiar faces, and absorbed the silence of a world that abandoned itself for perfection.
Now, the wall invites you to walk beside it. To see what it has seen. To hear what it remembers. To understand what never dies, even when the body is gone.
A Walk with the Wall gathers seven stories under the watchful eye of one eternal witness: the wall, which has seen it all — and will see more long after you’ve left.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.25777/cben-fj03
ISBN
9798197809025
Recommended Citation
Arum, Chinecherem.
"A Walk with the Wall"
(2026). Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Thesis, , Old Dominion University, DOI: https://doi.org/10.25777/cben-fj03
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