Date of Award
5-1-2025
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
English
First Advisor
Jordan, Judy
Abstract
This collection of poems documents the speaker’s experience dealing with addiction, trauma, and dislocation. The collection is broken up into three sections, the first section focuses on childhood trauma and potential causes of addiction such as heredity, the second section focuses on dislocation and active addiction, and the third section focuses on recovery.
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