Date of Graduation
5-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
English
Advisor/Mentor
Davis McCombs
Committee Member
Geoffrey Brock
Second Committee Member
Toni Jensen
Abstract
The poems of The End of Want are attuned to the absurdities of modern existence. They take as their jumping-off points the various offbeat occasions that punctuate our lives: over-researched time spent in art museums, Kevin James sitcoms, half-finished cathedrals, and suburban communal living. They catalog the emptiness of what we say to each other and the increasingly disconnected ways we say it. All the while, with dry humor and heart, they search out, and try to hold onto, moments of transcendence amongst corporate language and new definitions of masculinity, and humanity, and holiness.
Citation
Blake, A. (2018). The End of Want. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/2790