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- Title
- "Strange Snow" and other stories.
- Creator
- DeJong, Laura Quinlan, Florida Atlantic University, Bucak, Ayse Papatya
- Abstract/Description
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Weather assists in shaping our reality. It is an unalterable condition of the world that we are born into. This short story collection aims to present the nuances of weather. It attempts to acknowledge wind, rain, snow and lightning as forces that shape the world of its characters, forces that even influence the structure of the story itself. In some cases, weather acts as metaphor; in others, the weather seeks to alter language itself. The beauty of a snowflake resides in image and language.
- Date Issued
- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13293
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Fiction--Technique, Weather--Literary collections, Short stories--Collections
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Coffee, Tea or Ammo.
- Creator
- Cooper, William., Florida Atlantic University, Bucak, Ayse Papatya
- Abstract/Description
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Set during the Vietnam War, Coffee, Tea or Ammo chronicles the adventures of Bob Thomas, from his unsuccessful attempts to dodge the draft, through basic training and advanced individual training, to his service in Vietnam with an army artillery battery. On one level the narrative is impelled by Thomas's attempt to resolve the conflict between his agonistic and irenic impulses. However, the novel also relies on satire, precipitated by the bevy of unnerving characters Thomas encounters, such...
Show moreSet during the Vietnam War, Coffee, Tea or Ammo chronicles the adventures of Bob Thomas, from his unsuccessful attempts to dodge the draft, through basic training and advanced individual training, to his service in Vietnam with an army artillery battery. On one level the narrative is impelled by Thomas's attempt to resolve the conflict between his agonistic and irenic impulses. However, the novel also relies on satire, precipitated by the bevy of unnerving characters Thomas encounters, such as a predatory homosexual drill sergeant, an oversexed lieutenant who frags another officer, a captain who keeps his identity secret from his troops and communicates through written acronyms, a colonel who counts fallen trees as KIAs, and a beleaguered American advisor on the run from an ARVN soldier trying to kill him to save face. Although Thomas's war experience is different from what he anticipated, it has a lasting impact on his life.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13319
- Subject Headings
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Literature and the conflict, Americans--Vietnam--Fiction, Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Fiction
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Brooch of Clytemnestra.
- Creator
- Moorhead, Kathleen T., Florida Atlantic University, Bucak, Ayse Papatya
- Abstract/Description
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The Brooch of Clytemnestra follows the adventures Margaret O'Brien, age thirteen, encounters when her family returns to the United States after living in Venezuela for ten years. Set in 1963, in the fictional town of Desolasol, located on southeastern coast of Florida, the O'Brien family must cope with cultural, social and religious changes in order to adjust to life in the U.S. The story takes place over the course of one week in story present in Florida, and over the course of one year in...
Show moreThe Brooch of Clytemnestra follows the adventures Margaret O'Brien, age thirteen, encounters when her family returns to the United States after living in Venezuela for ten years. Set in 1963, in the fictional town of Desolasol, located on southeastern coast of Florida, the O'Brien family must cope with cultural, social and religious changes in order to adjust to life in the U.S. The story takes place over the course of one week in story present in Florida, and over the course of one year in story past in Venezuela. The protagonist, Meg, runs afoul of the gods, when she unwittingly incurs the wrath of Zeus, who, along with the Pantheon of Greek gods, is summering on the coast in Desolasol. Meg is a normal girl, without magical powers. However, to protect herself, and her family, she must become willing to stand up to Zeus.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13345
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature., Florida--Social life and customs--20th century., Venezuela--Social life and customary--20th century., Mythology in literature.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Hungry and Other Stories.
- Creator
- Sheffield, Mary, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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This is a collection of short stories that deal with elements of identity, the fantastic, fragmentation, poetry, the media, politics, and myriad other themes. The stories are connected by an interwoven thread of self-discovery and awareness. These stories present an image and then rework it, giving greater or varied details about whatever is being describing in the hope of achieving a more visceral story, a more true experience of writing and reading, and a better understanding of the...
Show moreThis is a collection of short stories that deal with elements of identity, the fantastic, fragmentation, poetry, the media, politics, and myriad other themes. The stories are connected by an interwoven thread of self-discovery and awareness. These stories present an image and then rework it, giving greater or varied details about whatever is being describing in the hope of achieving a more visceral story, a more true experience of writing and reading, and a better understanding of the emotions that underlie the story. These stories also try to capture and communicate the idea that our experience is a common one, across time and cultures, and the idea that many, many more writers than I could ever read in my lifetime have written about this experience.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000963
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Short stories, American--Collections, Conduct of life
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Prodigal Sons.
- Creator
- Astigarraga, Eduardo J., Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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Prodigal Sons is a novella that examines the strained relationship of two brothers, Ben and Wade. Touching upon the ideas of reconciliation and forgiveness, it is a different take on the tale of the same name (The Prodigal Son) from the Bible. The novella is titled Prodigal Sons, "sons" being pluralized here in order to convey a unique vision of this parable. This story is set in South Florida horse country, paying particular attention to Homestead, a place that has meaning for the brothers'...
Show moreProdigal Sons is a novella that examines the strained relationship of two brothers, Ben and Wade. Touching upon the ideas of reconciliation and forgiveness, it is a different take on the tale of the same name (The Prodigal Son) from the Bible. The novella is titled Prodigal Sons, "sons" being pluralized here in order to convey a unique vision of this parable. This story is set in South Florida horse country, paying particular attention to Homestead, a place that has meaning for the brothers' pasts, presents, and futures.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000889
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Temporary Death.
- Creator
- Vanik, Phyllis Jean, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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In this novel of first person present tense , a family of women responds to death in techniques of memento mori and carpe diem. Whether living for a cause or without one, their journeys cover three continents and five islands where geography is metaphor for the violence, wanderlust, power, love, and need to create that drives thems as they interrogate the controlled demolition of their world, answering it with a return to nomadic lifestyles. Celia is an escape artist, satirizing the world as...
Show moreIn this novel of first person present tense , a family of women responds to death in techniques of memento mori and carpe diem. Whether living for a cause or without one, their journeys cover three continents and five islands where geography is metaphor for the violence, wanderlust, power, love, and need to create that drives thems as they interrogate the controlled demolition of their world, answering it with a return to nomadic lifestyles. Celia is an escape artist, satirizing the world as she wanders through it, putter her own perspective stamp and slant on things, while Taylor wants to be president but leaves mainstream for the slipstream of trauma. Elaine is a cornucopia of inputs, energies, and charges fired up all at once, while Ruth paces her longevity in the flatness of the new world. At the hidden center, Noni attempts to reincarnate herself without dying.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000973
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Death in literature, Aesthetics--Moral and ethical aspects--Fiction, Death and dying--Fiction
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Masks.
- Creator
- Leen, Carmel Codd., Florida Atlantic University, Bucak, Ayse Papatya
- Abstract/Description
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The story of an Irish grandfather, Brendan Doran, covers the period 1918 through 1966; the story of his granddaughter, Maisie Doyle covers the summer of her seventeenth year. Brendan's perceptions are given in the first person viewpoint; Maisie's in the third-person viewpoint. A faithful following is given of Brendan's vernacular in young manhood; then, as he grows in sophisticated use of language his first-person narration reflects this. Both stories trace the psychological development of...
Show moreThe story of an Irish grandfather, Brendan Doran, covers the period 1918 through 1966; the story of his granddaughter, Maisie Doyle covers the summer of her seventeenth year. Brendan's perceptions are given in the first person viewpoint; Maisie's in the third-person viewpoint. A faithful following is given of Brendan's vernacular in young manhood; then, as he grows in sophisticated use of language his first-person narration reflects this. Both stories trace the psychological development of the two, leading to questions regarding the similarities and the differences between the romantic dreams of a young man and a young woman. An omniscient narrator is the narrative voice for an overview of family history, with emphasis on the family dwelling and land, Bloomlands, and on the story of Maisie's mother and father, Essie and Eddie Doran.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13330
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Ireland--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Happenstance and Circumstance: A Collection of Short Stories.
- Creator
- Storms, Winifred M., Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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This short story collection is a meditation on happenstance and circumstance as played out in each character's life often catalyzed through the introduction of an unknown element: whether that element be a new character, perspective, or knowledge. Stylistically, the voice of the narration is colorful and humorous though the subject matter may be of the melancholic or macabre variety. The point of view changes from first to third, depending on the story and main character; however, the...
Show moreThis short story collection is a meditation on happenstance and circumstance as played out in each character's life often catalyzed through the introduction of an unknown element: whether that element be a new character, perspective, or knowledge. Stylistically, the voice of the narration is colorful and humorous though the subject matter may be of the melancholic or macabre variety. The point of view changes from first to third, depending on the story and main character; however, the unifying factors of this collection is that each character is changed because of a loss, whether metaphoric or literal.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000967
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Short stories, American--Collections
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Her Own House.
- Creator
- Vann, Kim McCoy, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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This collection of eight short stories explores the themes of nonconformity, selfacceptance, and transformation. Characters confront religious, racial, and moral issues, which result in overcoming some internal or external challenge. The stories are told with magical, satirical, and traditional story-telling elements. For example, "The Liberation of Mammy" is about a slave who uses her secret pancake recipe to cause a distraction that allows her to escape from bondage; "Her Own House," is...
Show moreThis collection of eight short stories explores the themes of nonconformity, selfacceptance, and transformation. Characters confront religious, racial, and moral issues, which result in overcoming some internal or external challenge. The stories are told with magical, satirical, and traditional story-telling elements. For example, "The Liberation of Mammy" is about a slave who uses her secret pancake recipe to cause a distraction that allows her to escape from bondage; "Her Own House," is inspired by the biblical burning bush story; and "Notes on a Video Honey" is the story of a young girl who doesn't complete! y understand or approve of her mother's decision to degrade herself by being mere eye candy in rap videos. Worlds similar to our own and worlds that are exaggerations of our own are intended to guide readers to ideas they may have never before considered.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000974
- Subject Headings
- Short stories--Collections, Symbolism in literature, Self in literature
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Head Lines of the Extra Ordinary: Collisions and Miracles.
- Creator
- Wright, Kathrine Leone, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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"Head Lines of the Extra Ordinary: Collisions and Miracles" is a language-driven 15-story fiction collection that experiments with intertwining the traditions of oral and written storytelling. Within these stories, ordinary people step up to the extraordinary because of an unusual occurrence that requires a moment of change. Several of the stories within the collection take their premise from actual news headlines. To lend cohesion to the collection, multiple stories contain one or more...
Show more"Head Lines of the Extra Ordinary: Collisions and Miracles" is a language-driven 15-story fiction collection that experiments with intertwining the traditions of oral and written storytelling. Within these stories, ordinary people step up to the extraordinary because of an unusual occurrence that requires a moment of change. Several of the stories within the collection take their premise from actual news headlines. To lend cohesion to the collection, multiple stories contain one or more reappearing characters.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00001000
- Subject Headings
- Oral tradition in literature, Storytelling, English language--Rhetoric, Written communication in literature
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- La Fornarina.
- Creator
- Brosz, Rosely Tavares, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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Margherita Luti, the daughter of a hard-working but nai've baker, Francesco Luti, discovers her potential in La Panetteria da Francesco as she hones her craft of breadmaking, while also adding cakes and other dolces to her repertoire. Her simple life takes great turns as Margherita learns about new passions of hers: dolce, art, and love. After colliding with Raphael Sanzio, one of Rome's most prominent painters, she disguises herself as one of the elite and begins to live a life unknown and...
Show moreMargherita Luti, the daughter of a hard-working but nai've baker, Francesco Luti, discovers her potential in La Panetteria da Francesco as she hones her craft of breadmaking, while also adding cakes and other dolces to her repertoire. Her simple life takes great turns as Margherita learns about new passions of hers: dolce, art, and love. After colliding with Raphael Sanzio, one of Rome's most prominent painters, she disguises herself as one of the elite and begins to live a life unknown and drastically contrary to the lifestyle she had always had. Set in the backdrop of Renaissance Italy, Rita soon opens the gates to her own inhibited desires as wells as confronting the expectations of her class and her role as a woman. Margherita and Raphael will have to decide whether or not their love for each other is greater than the social challenges they must face.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000903
- Subject Headings
- Modernism (Literature), Man-woman relationships--Fiction., Feminism in literature--Fiction.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Microwavable Dinners.
- Creator
- Davis, Sabrina Beth., Florida Atlantic University, Bucak, Ayse Papatya
- Abstract/Description
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Our lives are a series of patterns. In Katrina's case, fear plays a reoccurring role. Each chapter illustrates one particular picture in the protagonist's existence; each scene depicts a different year of her life, ranging from age six to twenty-six. The human body, both inner and outer, is a theme throughout, as well as her relationship with her mother. Each chapter title is named after a type of phobia, ranging from Mnemophobia (the fear of memories) to Ostraconophobia (the fear of shellfish).
- Date Issued
- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13273
- Subject Headings
- Fear - Physiological aspects, Women - Family relationships, Mothers and daughters, Phobias, Affect (Psychology)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Signs and Wonders.
- Creator
- Bresciano, Cora, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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Bud and Scooter, two teenaged cousins, are making the trip of their young lives in the midst of the Great Depression. Their family friend in rural Florida, Jake Gilchrist, head of a poor family with three small children, has died while visiting his sick mother on Long Island. His wife cannot afford to have his body shipped back by train for burial, so Bud and Scooter volunteer for a goodwill mission and grand adventure: they take Bud's father's pickup truck, drive a thousand miles up US 1,...
Show moreBud and Scooter, two teenaged cousins, are making the trip of their young lives in the midst of the Great Depression. Their family friend in rural Florida, Jake Gilchrist, head of a poor family with three small children, has died while visiting his sick mother on Long Island. His wife cannot afford to have his body shipped back by train for burial, so Bud and Scooter volunteer for a goodwill mission and grand adventure: they take Bud's father's pickup truck, drive a thousand miles up US 1, pick up Jake's body, pack it in ice, and transport it back to Florida. Along the way they meet people (both common and extraordinary), they work out their differences (with words and with fists), they come face-to-face with beauty and goodness as well as with poverty and evil.. .and they get to see the Empire State Building.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000901
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature., Depressions--1929--Fiction., Literature and society--United States--20th century--Fiction
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A long way to go.
- Creator
- Drouin, Roger Real, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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As Samuel and Thomas take up a fight that no one else will to protect the wild lands they love, they are forced further from the quiet lives they have built. These are the two main characters in the novel A Long Way to Go. Samuel photographs the elusive and rare birds that most people never get a chance to see. As he seeks out the most elusive, possibly-extinct Northern Stilted Curlew, he struggles with the memory of his wife, who died a year earlier after a battle with cancer, and the...
Show moreAs Samuel and Thomas take up a fight that no one else will to protect the wild lands they love, they are forced further from the quiet lives they have built. These are the two main characters in the novel A Long Way to Go. Samuel photographs the elusive and rare birds that most people never get a chance to see. As he seeks out the most elusive, possibly-extinct Northern Stilted Curlew, he struggles with the memory of his wife, who died a year earlier after a battle with cancer, and the scarred relationship with his son Ryan, a young artist. Ryan meets the mysterious Karia, and as he gets to know her, he too begins his own kind of search.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2012
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004245
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Above all, Sara.
- Creator
- Garcia, Janelle, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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The following manuscript charts the relationship between first cousins, Sara and Marina, from the day they are both born, only minutes apart, to the day Marina and Sara, both seven years old, witness Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolutionaries’ victorious march to the capitol, to the present day, when an ailing Sara reaches out to her estranged cousin, asking Marina to return to the land she risked her life to leave. This multigenerational novel also explores the destructive effects of Sara’s...
Show moreThe following manuscript charts the relationship between first cousins, Sara and Marina, from the day they are both born, only minutes apart, to the day Marina and Sara, both seven years old, witness Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolutionaries’ victorious march to the capitol, to the present day, when an ailing Sara reaches out to her estranged cousin, asking Marina to return to the land she risked her life to leave. This multigenerational novel also explores the destructive effects of Sara’s political activism and gigantism on her parents, Elisa and Rolando, whose conflicted feelings towards their daughter have as much do with unrequited love and regret as they do with her Communist loyalties. Finally, this manuscript pushes against the conventions of the novel by exploring variations in structure, perspective, and style.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2012
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004248
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- SMALL STORIES.
- Creator
- Kiplagat, Daphne, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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“Small Stories” offers a glimpse of the kinds of stories that risk going unknown: stories of historical Africa and its sustained influence on the present and future, voices of women, community, and communal resistance to expulsion from history. At a macro level, the intent of this collection is to demand diversity and inclusivity in the modern literary, social, and academic culture. Rethinking history by inaugurating a wider set of evidentiary sources from the past does not mean escaping to a...
Show more“Small Stories” offers a glimpse of the kinds of stories that risk going unknown: stories of historical Africa and its sustained influence on the present and future, voices of women, community, and communal resistance to expulsion from history. At a macro level, the intent of this collection is to demand diversity and inclusivity in the modern literary, social, and academic culture. Rethinking history by inaugurating a wider set of evidentiary sources from the past does not mean escaping to a complete amnesia about the current position of Africans in literary arts, but recognizing that no single form of historical evidence can be used to accurately incorporate our story into literature
Show less - Date Issued
- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013689
- Subject Headings
- Stories, Creative writing
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Rat Mouth.
- Creator
- Baker, Aiden, Bucak, Ayşe Papatya, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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Rat Mouth is a collection of fictional stories that speak to the absurdity of girlhood. These stories focus on the precarious situations women are put into when their physical bodies are valued more than their internal lives.
- Date Issued
- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013734
- Subject Headings
- Short stories, Fiction
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Home Home.
- Creator
- Hawkins, Matthew, Bucak, Ayşe Papatya, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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Home Home is a collection of nonfiction essays addressing themes of mental health, popular culture, queerness, setting, and sexuality.
- Date Issued
- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013678
- Subject Headings
- Essay, Nonfiction
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- ALL RETURN.
- Creator
- Rodriguez, Juan Alonso Romero, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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All Return is a short story collection centered on nostalgia, and the desire of going back to a place or time, which sometimes doesn’t exist anymore. The characters that populate the collection, are all returning or trying to go back, either to a physical place, a language, to an age of innocence, or to loved ones. While the book tries to portray stories of immigrant lives in parts of collection, the desire of immigrants to sometimes return to their countries of origin are not exclusive to...
Show moreAll Return is a short story collection centered on nostalgia, and the desire of going back to a place or time, which sometimes doesn’t exist anymore. The characters that populate the collection, are all returning or trying to go back, either to a physical place, a language, to an age of innocence, or to loved ones. While the book tries to portray stories of immigrant lives in parts of collection, the desire of immigrants to sometimes return to their countries of origin are not exclusive to them, but universal. The stories in All Return remind us that we are all going back, or long for a place or time that exists without us.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2022
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014103
- Subject Headings
- Short stories, Creative writing, Fiction
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Hostis.
- Creator
- Karr, Merkin, Bucak, Ayşe Papatya, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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Hostis is an epistolary memoir navigating the web sexual violence weaves and examines it as a communal problem of those caught in the threads who become victim to the vibrations of that violence.
- Date Issued
- 2022
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013920
- Subject Headings
- Memoirs, Creative writing
- Format
- Document (PDF)