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Apparitions Creeping Between Venetian Blinds
dc.contributor.advisor | Harris, Billy J | |
dc.contributor.author | Lemmons, Gabriela Nelda | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-12T01:53:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-10-12T01:53:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-05-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:12592 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/21685 | |
dc.description.abstract | This manuscript contains thirty-three poems, primarily written in free verse and prose. Several poems are expressed in a hybrid form; integrated in these poems are traditional stanzas, with dialogue linked visually by text. Using a mixture of Spanish and English, many of these poems represent the culture I inhabited as a child and adolescent in south Texas. The poetry is divided into five sections: El Otro Lado, Esta Loco, Exchanges, Mementos, and Those & Them. Each section contains poems sharing common themes, representing various stages of unearthed grief. In El Otro Lado, I mourn my displacement from south Texas. I grieve the plight of the undocumented, and remember my childhood friend, Paquita, a girl who suffered greatly across the chain link fence separating our houses. In Esta Loco, I acknowledge the reality of an abusive former spouse and mourn the pain. The third part, Exchanges, laments the communication that is so frequently misinterpreted. In Mementos, I realize an imagined bond with a brother and grieve the political climate of my son's generation. Finally, I grieve the way prejudice masquerades as ignorance in Those & Them. Nonetheless, I recognize that during the process of recovering from my grief, I celebrate my culture, my innate optimism, and my survival. | |
dc.format.extent | 70 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | Copyright held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Literature | |
dc.subject | apparitions | |
dc.subject | chain link fence | |
dc.subject | el otro lado | |
dc.subject | grief | |
dc.subject | Texas | |
dc.title | Apparitions Creeping Between Venetian Blinds | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Caminero-Santangelo, Marta | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Caraza, Xanath | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | English | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.F.A. | |
kusw.bibid | 8086248 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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