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Between Waves
Title
Between Waves.
Creator
Jensen, Rebecca, Schmitt, Kate, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Between Waves is a lyrical memoir that explores the changes I faced in transitioning into American life after growing up in rural England. The book is written in two parts; the first is set mostly in England, the second takes place primarily in Florida. I interweave a present, reflective voice through both parts to challenge the ideas of love, loss, and learning to say goodbye as well as attempting to illustrate how perceptions of each can change over time. The lyrical structure of the memoir...
Show moreBetween Waves is a lyrical memoir that explores the changes I faced in transitioning into American life after growing up in rural England. The book is written in two parts; the first is set mostly in England, the second takes place primarily in Florida. I interweave a present, reflective voice through both parts to challenge the ideas of love, loss, and learning to say goodbye as well as attempting to illustrate how perceptions of each can change over time. The lyrical structure of the memoir allows for swift transition between memories, themes, and locations without limitations of a chronological or linear storyline. The stories detailed throughout the memoir are meditative, subjective perceptions that intend to determine what it means to be a child, a parent, a transplant, and what it means to find home within it all.
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Date Issued
2017
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004833, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004833
Subject Headings
Jensen, Rebecca., Immigrants--United States--Personal narratives., Memory--Social aspects.
Format
Document (PDF)
Disquiet chaos
Title
Disquiet chaos.
Creator
Penton, Yordanka, Schmitt, Kate, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
This poetic thesis is an exploration of the darker side of relationships. There are two parts of this thesis and they are to be read independently of each other. Part one is concerned with the chaotic relationship structure between lovers, husbands and wives, and the unexpected anguish that results from living an inauthentic life. Part two of my thesis is a rumination of a past close friendship and the tragic death of that friend.
Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004398, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004398
Subject Headings
Death--Fiction, American essays, American poetry--21st century, Difference (Psychology) in literature, Man-woman relationships--Fiction, Friendship--Fiction
Format
Document (PDF)
Family and Other Disasters
Title
Family and Other Disasters.
Creator
Lefler, Shari, Schmitt, Kate, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Family and Other Disasters is a collection of personal essays that looks at the life of the writer and her family. Through glimpses into family emergencies and other formative experiences, the collection paints a portrait of a modern American family. Taken as a whole, the work invites questions about what makes a functional family, how much do our families shape who we are as individuals, how much do we contribute to our family’s dynamic, and how do we navigate our familial relationships. As...
Show moreFamily and Other Disasters is a collection of personal essays that looks at the life of the writer and her family. Through glimpses into family emergencies and other formative experiences, the collection paints a portrait of a modern American family. Taken as a whole, the work invites questions about what makes a functional family, how much do our families shape who we are as individuals, how much do we contribute to our family’s dynamic, and how do we navigate our familial relationships. As it explores what bonds and what breaks families, its individual essays take on issues of memory, addiction, recovery, redemption, coming of age, and growing up. It is a collection that will make you laugh, then cry, then laugh again.
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Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004607, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004607
Format
Document (PDF)
Foreign Affairs
Title
Foreign Affairs.
Creator
Brolley, Kevin G., Schmitt, Kate, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
“Foreign Affairs” is a collection of travel related essays that have been crafted through reflection from my long experience traveling the world. Together, they are an attempt to describe what was in my mind as I was living through these times and events. They are entirely nonfiction.
Date Issued
2019
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013359
Subject Headings
Essays, Travel, Nonfiction
Format
Document (PDF)
Letter from the inside: a conventional farmer’s daughter on the need for a new agriculture
Title
Letter from the inside: a conventional farmer’s daughter on the need for a new agriculture.
Creator
Anderson, Stephanie, Schmitt, Kate, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
In “Letters from the Inside,” Stephanie Anderson presents a vision for sustainable, regenerative agriculture from the perspective of someone born and raised on a conventional cattle ranch. From Florida to New Mexico to the Dakotas, she traces the stories of farmers and ranchers who are already creating such an agriculture. She argues that producers, in tandem with consumers and government, hold the power to change what is currently an environmentally and socially destructive food system.
Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004342, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004342
Subject Headings
Agriculture--Environmental aspects, Agriculture--Economic aspects, Agriculture--Social aspects, Alternative agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, Climate change mitigation
Format
Document (PDF)
Life In Three Houses
Title
Life In Three Houses.
Creator
Cassanetti, Nicole, Schmitt, Kate, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Life In Three Houses is a memoir that explores the history of the women on the maternal side of my family. The book chronicles my grandmother’s memories of her life in occupied France, beginning when her father won the 1936 French National Lottery and built the house which would later be seized by Nazi forces, and continues with her emigration to America and explores her life as a mother before the narrative shifts focus to retell the story of her youngest daughter—and my mother—Michelle....
Show moreLife In Three Houses is a memoir that explores the history of the women on the maternal side of my family. The book chronicles my grandmother’s memories of her life in occupied France, beginning when her father won the 1936 French National Lottery and built the house which would later be seized by Nazi forces, and continues with her emigration to America and explores her life as a mother before the narrative shifts focus to retell the story of her youngest daughter—and my mother—Michelle. Their stories are juxtaposed with vignettes of my personal experiences exploring my family history and what it means to be a woman in my maternal lineage. Through the book’s disjointed structure and weaving together of narratives, I attempt to find a balance between reporting fact-based information and creating nonfiction through my meditations on the excavation of memory and the subjectivity of perception.
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Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004575, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004575
Format
Document (PDF)
Prodigal Daughter
Title
Prodigal Daughter.
Creator
Miller, Madison Michele, Schmitt, Kate, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
The following is a collection of personal essays exploring identity during the transformative period of the author's early adult life. It also examines themes of home, inheritance, grief, and loss of faith. It has elements of both humor and drama highlighted through unusual forms and elements of voice. It is about growing up and going home, mixing old traditions with new ones, bringing new insights to old problems, and about having faith, but always on one's own terms.
Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004524, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004524
Subject Headings
Miller, Madison Michele--Personal narratives., American essays--21st century.
Format
Document (PDF)
These Things Leave Traces
Title
These Things Leave Traces.
Creator
Tucker, Renae, Schmitt, Kate, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
These Things Leave Traces is a collection of essays, some lyric, centered on themes of control, consent, feminism, and ethics. Reflecting on personal experience and drawing from fairy tales, this collection explores the ways in which trauma manifests and, further, how these traces of trauma can be found both in a body and in a body of work.
Date Issued
2021
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013684
Subject Headings
Essays, Creative writing
Format
Document (PDF)
To Error
Title
To Error.
Creator
Avis, Aaron Edward, Schmitt, Kate, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
To err is to be human. Errors within a family are learned and repeated. Within that repetition redemption is found. A divorce cripples a mother, alienates siblings, and forces a son on a mirrored path of sinful understanding. A path where mistakes and self-inflicted wounds creates a voice. A voice comfortable with occasional lapse in control and precision. Those faults are the catalyst of a journey to salvation and affirmation ending with a renewed faith in family and in future.
Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004567, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004567
Format
Document (PDF)