Steven Adams: Selected Stories
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts
Major
Creative Writing
Date of Defense
11-23-2009
Graduate Advisor
John Dalton
Committee
Mary Troy
Sylvia Cook
Abstract
“Selected Stories” consists of five written works developed as a graduate student in the University of Missouri-St. Louis Creative Writing program. If there is a common theme to the fiction stories, it is that people, in general, are unable to communicate, for reasons ranging from pride to technology to shyness. I enjoy putting my characters into somewhat real, somewhat fantastic circumstances, and I hope the reader gets the same joy I do from these carefully constructed situations. Also listed in “Selected Stories” is my most personal work, a memoir concerning my grandmother, who recently passed away. I see this memoir as an evaluation of my life and hers, and how our love of writing has formed a bridge between us. This writing experience at UMSL has been exactly what I wanted: a chance to pursue my art and move forward in my career. Thank you for reading.
Recommended Citation
Adams, Steven Lee, "Steven Adams: Selected Stories" (2009). Theses. 133.
https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/133