Browsing 2021 Theses (UMKC) by Thesis Department "Creative Writing and Media Arts (UMKC)"
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Background Artist
(2021)This thesis in creative writing is a novella that follows the pursuits of an aspiring actor in Los Angeles in the early 2010s. Aware of the varied traditions of the Hollywood novel, this work delivers its own version of ... -
Family Portraits
(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
(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 ... -
Sex and Jesus: Notes from a Pastor's Daughter
(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
(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 ...