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.

Note: This thesis is under a author requested embargo until 2212, after which it will become available in accordance with end of expected copyright protection. This embargo year is intentional and not an error.

OCLC Number

805421164

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