Mystic Flu: poetry and short stories by Julia Gordon-Bramer
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts
Major
Creative Writing
Date of Defense
3-26-2010
Graduate Advisor
Nanora Sweet, PhD
Committee
Nanora Sweet, PhD
Mary Troy, MFA
Steven Schreiner, PhD
Abstract
Mystic Flu is a collection of poetry and short stories by Julia Gordon-Bramer. The poetry and prose of Mystic Flu turns its world inside-out: exploring themes of family, friends, and lovers turned to enemies, and predators; alcoholism and addiction; the subconscious ruling the conscious; the physical wrestling with the spiritual; and the road toward self-actualization in all its strangeness. The poetry in this work is predominantly free verse, confessional, yet embedded with spiritual imagery and double-meanings. The short stories of Mystic Flu are realistic, with thematic views from the skewed wisdom and fleeting innocence of the child’s experience, moving toward the definite unknowing and inevitable corruption of adulthood.
Recommended Citation
Gordon-Bramer, Julia, "Mystic Flu: poetry and short stories by Julia Gordon-Bramer" (2010). Theses. 118.
https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/118