Hole
Date of Graduation
5-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
English
Advisor/Mentor
Padma Viswanathan
Committee Member
Toni Jensen
Second Committee Member
Lissette L. Szwydky
Keywords
Creative writing; Intergenerational novel; family estrangement; connection; loss; adolescent sexuality
Abstract
This thesis, entitled Hole, explores themes of family estrangement, connection, loss, and adolescent sexuality. It exists as the bones of an intergenerational novel that follows Iris, her twin sister Didi, their father Marvin, and his mother Yetta. When Iris is eleven years old, she discovers that she can make objects mysteriously disappear when she puts them in her vagina. This power goes away when she is sixteen, around the time that her grandmother dies. Now in adulthood, with a twin sister who seems to be suffering from the onset of mental illness, Iris is compelled to return to this strange period of her childhood, reconnect with her sister, and discover how their story is entwined with that of their grandmother.
Citation
Shapiro, L. (2024). Hole. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/5259