Browsing English Language and Literature Electronic Theses and Dissertations (UMKC) by Thesis Advisor "Stewart, Robert, 1946-"
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Father Me Again
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)In this master thesis, the candidate presents a collection of original poems related to his glioblastoma diagnosis and wife’s pregnancy and childbirth, accompanied by a critical introduction, which explains his writing ... -
The House that Grief Built
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)This book-length collection of poetry weaves together themes of family, religion, food, gardening, and grief as experienced by the author and her relatives. Through the eyes of a first-generation American (on her mother’s ... -
Pro-Black Prosody
(2020)This thesis speaks to the triumphs and tragedies of the Black experience. It attempts to look at Blackness through the lens of my combined experiences as a spoken word artist, a student in the University of Missouri-Kansas ... -
To turn on every light
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)This collection of poems focuses on the interior and exterior landscapes of a speaker in relationship with objects, with others, and with God. The poems seek to explore these relationships through a symbolic lens, so ...