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
Recommended Citation
Grise, Emily, "Peel Yourself like Fruit" (2012). Theses. 121.
https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/121