Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
English
Committee Chair
Jenny Johnson
Committee Co-Chair
Mary Ann Samyn
Committee Member
Mary Ann Samyn
Committee Member
Glenn Taylor
Abstract
This collection of poems follows the disjointed and never complete trajectory of personal recovery from trauma and alcoholism. The poems and their arrangement trouble the notion of a person ever being fixed, even as they make progress toward a better version of themselves. The collection illustrates how the past can impose itself on the present, creating dissonance and complicating the speaker’s understanding of time and recovery.
Recommended Citation
Bass, Gabriel, "Fasciotomies" (2022). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 11308.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/11308
Embargo Reason
Permanent Embargo – MFA Creative Writing