Date of Graduation
5-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
English
Advisor/Mentor
Padma Viswanathan
Committee Member
Bryan Hurt
Second Committee Member
Toni Jensen
Keywords
creative writing
Abstract
Hinterland looks at poverty and addiction through a speculative and supernatural lens. A pair of twins bear the burden of their mother’s mental illness by entering teenhood as almost fulltime caregivers. When it seems as though things are in the upswing for the two, entering an adulthood of love and independence and possibilities, their mother predicts a storm, despite medication to keep premonitions at bay. The two, house-locked now with what seems like their scheming mother, fight for their lives in the storm as the temperature drops and the snow rises and the power goes out.
Citation
Yates, K. A. (2022). Hinterland. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/4533