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Whose Names I Do Not Know

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2018
Summary:
The nature of conflict occupied my mind as I pieced together the 2016 election. Much of my dazed shock was the weight of hearing all at once a group of people who had felt ignored. I felt compelled to write about the nature of conflict — how opposing sides see one another with similar levels of skepticism and derision that comes from fear that something essential will be lost. I wanted to write about this without directly discussing politics. Instead, I used nature. I find warmth and stillness when I’m unanswerable to any other person as the steady and constant presence of trees and sky contrast my frantic mind until it slows down. This collection uses nature as a vehicle for conflict – a piece of land at war with itself, and the fragility of the family who tries to make their home there.
Title: Whose Names I Do Not Know.
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Name(s): Martin, Kathleen, author
McKay, Becka, Thesis advisor
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Department of English
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Created: 2018
Date Issued: 2018
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 50 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The nature of conflict occupied my mind as I pieced together the 2016 election. Much of my dazed shock was the weight of hearing all at once a group of people who had felt ignored. I felt compelled to write about the nature of conflict — how opposing sides see one another with similar levels of skepticism and derision that comes from fear that something essential will be lost. I wanted to write about this without directly discussing politics. Instead, I used nature. I find warmth and stillness when I’m unanswerable to any other person as the steady and constant presence of trees and sky contrast my frantic mind until it slows down. This collection uses nature as a vehicle for conflict – a piece of land at war with itself, and the fragility of the family who tries to make their home there.
Identifier: FA00013027 (IID)
Degree granted: Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018.
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Includes bibliography.
Subject(s): Creative writing
Conflict
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Sublocation: Digital Library
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Host Institution: FAU
Is Part of Series: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections.