Marathon
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Marathon is a work of historiographic metafiction that seeks to shed light on the social and psychological ramifications of traumatic events and the art of storytelling itself. It is an extension of the war and terrorism novels that came before it and, to borrow a phrase from Anthony Kubiak's "Narrative Typologies of Terror," an act of terrorism itself: an attempt to destabilize narrative. Marathon follows two protagonists through the aftermath of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings as they navigate a difficult new reality. It considers the role of the media in the shaping of a victim hierarchy contingent on "marketable anguish," the notion of collective trauma and mourning triggered by the terrorist attack, and the heightened state of vigilance that often leads to anxious racial stereotyping. Told through a polyphonic lens, this creative dissertation explores the tapestry of voices that encapsulates one American city's resilience in the wake of unfathomable horrors.
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Ph. D.