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Turning the doorknob: essays, stories, and poems
(2013)
This collection of essays, stories, and poems is a broad exploration in persona, genre, and
form. The individual human is complex, and this thesis embraces the complexity, even when
the selves presented here, fully factual ...
Unnamed Lands
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2013)
This collection of short fiction and plays represents an exploration of twenty-first century gay culture, viewed from the vantage point of successive lifestages: childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, maturity, and old ...
Family traditions
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)
Family Traditions tells the story of young adults who have grown up as Wiccans. Because Wicca remains a new and small religion, the vast majority of its followers converted from Christianity or other faiths, and the number ...
A geography of the heart
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-18)
This collection of short fiction and creative nonfiction explores how we navigate our most
intimate and challenging personal relationships, how we use art and writing to try to
understand and articulate the most ineffable ...
Twelve dead jackrabbits : stories & poems
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-18)
This collection of short fiction and poetry aims to stand as witness to the struggles
of navigating through personal histories and society. The Jackrabbit Series is the
celebration of one woman's life who finds herself ...
Shadows and light - a story collection
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-06)
We lie and we are lied to. Why then does it shock us when those around us are never what they seem, what they expose for judgment, rather than the whole of what they are. We each seek to assure those around us that we are ...
Friction
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-10)
This work includes short stories of various lengths with a mix of creative non-fiction.
How We Know Them
(2013)
This multi-genre collection—including fiction, flash fiction, and a play—explores
the roots of connection implied in familial relationships and structures. These works
question—sometimes stepping into the supernatural ...
Of oranges and the sea
(2013)
The stories in this collection explore family and friendships. They follow characters for whom the world is not always a perfect fit, fierce in its beauty and its sadness, characters whose best intentions too often fall ...