Some Place in Between
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts
Major
Creative Writing
Date of Defense
3-22-2010
Graduate Advisor
Mary Troy
Committee
Dalton, John
Duffey, Suellynn
Abstract
Some Place in Between is a collection of short stories centered around the moment when people realize there is a discrepancy between what they believe, and what they want to believe; between what they profess to believe, and what their actions reveal about their underlying and often unacknowledged beliefs. The conceit each of these stories share, is the notion that the "in between” place—the place where we recognize that our beliefs are both authentic and true, but also wrong and false, and where we can accept their contradictoriness—is often the closest we come to being fully human. This heightened knowledge, however, comes at a price. Each story in this collection follows the life of a character who reaches this fleeting place, but then has to find a practical way to navigate the world with a greater awareness of their own difficult, contradictory convictions. Ultimately, Some Place in Between is a celebration of those characters who are able to find a temporary balance between these conflicting spaces, as well as a celebration of those who aren’t quite so lucky.
Recommended Citation
Bartlett, Julianne Ashton, "Some Place in Between" (2010). Theses. 131.
https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/131