Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts
Major
Creative Writing
Date of Defense
4-29-2015
Graduate Advisor
Stev
Committee
Shane Seely
Suellynn Duffey
Abstract
The poems that appear in this collection explore, more than anything, the conversation of loss—loss of children, certainly, but also the loss of humanity, of the inherent goodness people are born with and then, somehow, discard along the way. Someone once said these poems are unmistakably feminine, and I consider that both a compliment and a testament to their ability to navigate the subjects of family, class divides, and rape culture.
OCLC Number
934716139
Recommended Citation
Henson, Candise Whitley, "Autobiography of Heavy Water" (2015). Theses. 83.
https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/83