Browsing Department of English Language and Literature (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2021 Spring"

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  • Family Portraits 

    Ashley, Shannon Marie (2021)
    This thesis is a collection of poems in two parts. The first section is comprised of poems about my grandfather and his genealogy research. It endeavors to explore the ways we see people after they are gone. My grandfather ...

  • Feel Better Soon: Collected Short Stories 

    Olsen, Caleb (2021)
    The stories in this collection were written from 2018-2021. They are fictional works designed to explore what happens when the mundane meets the extraordinary. Though the characters and their situations are works of the ...

  • Ichor 

    Shi, Xiao Zhi (2021)
    This project includes the pilot episode and series bible for a one-hour teleplay titled Ichor, a sci-fi epic.

  • Our End Times 

    Randolph, Gilbert James (2021)
    In the spirit of novels like The Mothers and The Incendiaries, Our End Times explores the pain of leaving faith communities. Daniel and Ethel are caught up in a sex scandal in their small, Pentecostal church. They leave ...

  • Sex and Jesus: Notes from a Pastor's Daughter 

    Stokes, Anna Elizabeth (2021)
    This thesis is a collection of nonfiction and poetic works that represent the author’s output as a candidate for Master of Fine Arts. These personal essays and poems are interested in intersections and unlikely combinations: ...

  • When There Were Knives I Dreamed of It 

    Henn, Mary (2021)
    This thesis, When There Were Knives I Dreamed of It, is a collection of poems and prose in three parts. It is prefaced with a long-form poem comprised of 11 parts, which is intended to establish the tone for the work that ...