Creative writing -- Fiction
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
American gambler , 2023
Item — Call number MU Thesis Lub
Identifier: b7931717
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2023
Creative thesis manuscript : 'O Father' , 2021
Item — Call number MU Thesis Bar
Identifier: b7930347
Critical Introduction [excerpt]
My manuscript, O Father, is a project that explores the intersectionality of religion, race, and gender in a post-apocalyptic North America, one that thas been transformed into a toxic theocracy. As a piece of speculative fiction, this project utilizes elements of the fatastical, and it shares commonalities with both classic dystopian literature such as 1984 by George Orwell and modern dystopian literature such as ...
Dates:
2021
'Here be monsters' (a beauty and the beast story) , 2022
Item — Call number MU Thesis Bro
Identifier: b7931297
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2022
Midnight , 2020
Item — Call number MU Thesis Zad
Identifier: b7930274
Introduction [excerpt]
Midnight is the first fifty pages of what is to be a novel over four times its current length. As the first quarter of the book, what was attempted in this thesis was to create a solid foundation for which the rest of the novel could be built atop without great concern about the novel's premise, voice, and direction. As a creative endeavor, it represents the culmination of six months of drafting and rewrites, as first envisioned in the short story ...
Dates:
2020
Nightshift , 2022
Item — Call number MU Thesis Gre
Identifier: b7930850
Abstract
Nightshift is a short story collection that sets out to explore the nature of romantic and familial relationships while interrogating work and life balance whether they be artists such as in "Ellie" and "Quicksilver," working in the fast food industry such as in "Fashion Week" and "St. Cecelia Cemetery Confidential." The collection provides a mix of realist and speculative fiction involving an array of characters at...
Dates:
2022
No scents of magic , 2021
Item — Call number MU Thesis Bor
Identifier: b7930354
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2021
Salvation , 2023
Item — Call number MU Thesis Riv
Identifier: b7931683
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2023
Superlative : Stories , 2021
Item — Call number MU Thesis Lon
Identifier: b7930358
Introduction [excerpt]
When I was nineteen, I told my then-boyfriend a bold-faced lie: I can ski....
Somewhere along the line, I'd adopted the idea that it is easier to mold yourself to fit the expectation of others than it is to fall short.
This inclination found its way into friendships, relationships, conversations at the bar, conversations in the classroom. It took up residence in a far corner of my brain, in the form of one of those old-school catalogs, where...
Dates:
2021
The next shot , 2023
Item — Call number MU Thesis Rub
Identifier: b7931935
Abstract
High school guidance counselor and basketball coach, Riley Wilson, is eating a garlic knot and drinking Coke when she’s shot in the chest [Content Warning: gun violence and PTSD], sending her on a difficult journey of physical and emotional recovery. Twenty-seven years of watching her mom burn through relationships taints Riley’s approach to dating. Despite hooking up with her brother’s best friend Austin last year, Riley is still hiding her feelings for Austin, fearing she’ll ruin things...
Dates:
2023
The tale of Jim Bum : a poker memoir , 2021
Item — Call number MU Thesis Lub
Identifier: b7930353
Critical Introduction [excerpt]
"The Tale of Jim Bum: A Poker Memoir" is a satirical fictional account that is half literary realism and half poker memoir. The manuscript covers the beginning (Part One) of the novel I plan to finish for my MFA capstone project. It follows a first person narrator named Jim "Bum", a poker aficiando that works as a janitor at a casino where he gambles his wages irresponsibly, all while supporting his wife who pursues her dreams to be a cardiologist. One half of the...
Dates:
2021