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...

Abstract For my fiction thesis, this is the first 50 pages of a manuscript in progress called Corpseman. The main character is a war veteran who goes by Easy, now a heroin addict on the streets of Chicago after his time in the military leaves him burned to the point of unrecognizability. Unable to find traditional income, he becomes a fixer for a local drug lord which sets him directly on a path with a streetwise sex worker called KitKat. All the while, a supernatural force called The Acid Queen...

Introduction [excerpt] The idea for my story Freewheelin' germinated slowly over time from a combination of different workshops and lessons I attended and participated in throughout my time in the creative writing program.... Freewheelin' is a first-person narrative following the protagonist Hammond Holly and essentially his journey coming of age during his first year of university in 2016 and then beyond. Besides Hammond's experience as...

Introduction [excerpt] When I first started working on this project ... at the end of High School ... I wanted to tell the story of a young woman, Rose, who had the ability to travel between dimensions.... [I]t was a long process figuring out exactly how she ends up in a new world [called "Red"], but eventually ... I've found that I wanted to focus primarily on the theme ... of grief .... This [new "Red"] world becomes almost like a coping mechanism for her [i.e. Rose's] grief. Throughout...

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The Lost Daughter of Grover is the start of a novel about a young journalist named Anna who sets out to interview Elizabeth Peuper, a reclusive celebrity, to save her struggling newspaper. At the same time, Anna grapples with the loss of her adoptive mother and ultimately decides to search for her biological mother.

Keywords: The Lost Daughter of Grover, Original fiction, Novel, Journalist, Motherhood, Fame.

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...