"We Talked About the Light"
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts
Major
Creative Writing
Date of Defense
11-18-2016
Graduate Advisor
Shane Seely, MFA
Committee
Steven Schreiner (MFA Director)
Roger Reeves, UI-Chicago
Abstract
These poems are about conflicting racial and sexual identities; they flirt with radical denial, radical despair, and radical acceptance, but not necessarily in that order. Their forms are inspired by early-to-mid twentieth century African American poetry.
Note: This thesis is under a author requested embargo until 2217, 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
973329101
Recommended Citation
Walls, Victoria Isabella, ""We Talked About the Light"" (2016). Theses. 74.
https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/74
