Peel Yourself like Fruit
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts
Major
Creative Writing
Date of Defense
4-12-2012
Graduate Advisor
John Dalton, MFA
Committee
Eamonn Wall, PhD
Steven Schreiner, PhD
Mary Troy, MFA
Abstract
As the title suggests, Peel Yourself like Fruit is a book of poems which exemplify a hunger to connect with the self and the world as well as a discomfort at the vulnerability which that connection entails. Whether expressed through a first-person speaker or a less narrative lyricism, the world view of this collection is one of extreme ambivalence – a tug-of-war between past and present, desire and loss, body and mind, family and self.
OCLC Number
805421164
Recommended Citation
Grise, Emily, "Peel Yourself like Fruit" (2012). Theses. 121.
https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/121