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Sticky
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)
No matter how you slice it, our current understanding of the human brain is
decidedly limited. “Will we ever understand the human brain?” asks Jonathan Gornall of
the World Economic Forum. “Today, I can't tell you – ...
Bridging the gap in French romantic representations of blackness 1750-1880 : the male mulatto in French literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
This dissertation traces the evolution of the male mulatto in literature from his appearance in the early nineteenth century to his sudden disappearance in the late 1880's. In this dissertation I argue that the literary ...
The Neighborhood
(2023)
The Neighborhood addresses mental illness and racial identity in a horrific collection of stories that explore what it means to face ourselves and our circumstances every day. As a BIPOC living in a country of unrest and ...
Mississippi People
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Mississippi people is a collection of short stories and essays written during the
course of my three years at UMKC. The characters within, even the one's that aren't from
Mississippi themselves, all have a bit of ...
Ozark Superstitions: A Collection
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
This collection of linked short stories explores the storytelling traditions of a
family that continues to deal with the results of a past trauma in their day-to-day lives.
The three members of the Taile family struggle ...
Sharp things, or the silver lines are not scars
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This novel is the story of Tianne, a twenty-eight-year-old stained glass artist. She works two part-time jobs as a clerk at a stained glass supply ...
When trying to return home : stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation includes the critical introduction "My Mother is My Homeland: Subversive Representations of the Black Puerto Rican Matriarch" ...
Wishful Thinking
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
The novel interrogated what it means to live in a midwestern college town while not
being in college. What it means to have stayed in one place long enough that everyone who
left has decided to come back. What it means ...
Refrain
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Refrain is set in 1950s Larissa, TX, where the disappearance of four local girls catapults the town into crisis, forcing them to confront their complicity and disregard for Native American life. Told from multiple points ...
No Place Like Home
(2015-06-02)
This collection of stories portrays a variety of lives dealing the aftereffects of loss. In “Robert the
Lionheart” a boy seeks the DNA of his parents to recreate them and struggles with what that
might mean. In “Weeds” ...