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On poetry : the emergence and function of meaning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
these differences, poetry seems to universally function as a tool for developing complex thoughts and for communicating those thoughts to others. Section II examines the rise of modern American poetry as a case study for how poetry as a genre perpetuates itself...
The freedoms of B. Kumasi
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
in American institutions. Cook and Dixson outline the aspects and potential for counter-storytelling: 1. Provides psychic preservation by not silencing the experiences of the oppressed and thus exposing neglected evidence. 2. Challenges normative reality...
Bury the key : a book of houses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2025] Bury the Key: A Book of Houses is a book-length work of creative nonfiction that engages with implicit cultural beliefs in houses as stable, somewhat permanent, and a clear boundary between the public and private despite...
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 of view, including...
Rites of leaving
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The school of Stoic philosophy traces its roots back to 300 B.C.E and thrived until the 4th century C.E, when it fell into decline and was ultimately assimilated into other systems of philosophy. It experienced a limited ...
Representations of the violently displaced black female self in contemporary African literature: African and African Diaspora Studies scholarly dissertation, & House on a jade sea : creative writing, fiction, dissertation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Representations of the violently displaced black female self in contemporary African literature is a study of my broad interests in the peculiar ...
Book of apparitions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
War II, Cubrilovic has exiled himself to a small sleepy town in Bulgaria. There, recuperating from gunshot wounds in a hospital room while trying to write his autobiography (thus a double act of recovery), he is confronted by ghosts--haunted by women...
When trying to return home : stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
story collection, with varying degrees of engagement, addresses issues of race, class and gender, the invisibility of marginalized women, and uneven distribution of resources for people of color. The stories feature Black American and Black Latinx...