A collection of short stories concerned with the dichotomy between interior and exterior landscapes.

This workshop demonstrated the utility of a patient-centered web-based/digital Breaking Bad News communication training module designed to educate learners of various levels and disciplines. This training module is designed for independent, self-directed learning as well as group instruction. These interactive educational interventions are based upon video-recorded patient stories. Curriculum development was the result of an interdisciplinary, collaborative effort involving faculty from the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Graduate Storytelling Program and the departments of Family and Internal Medicine at the James H. Quillen College of Medicine. The specific goals of the BBN training module are to assist learners in: (1) understanding a five-step patient-centered model that is based upon needs, preferences, and expectations of patients with cancer and (2) individualizing communication that is consistent with patient preferences in discussing emotions, informational detail, prognosis and timeline, and whether or not to discuss end-of-life issues. The pedagogical approach to the training module is to cycle through Emotional Engagement, Data, Modeled Practices, Adaptation Opportunities, and Feedback. The communication skills addressed are rooted in concepts found within the Reaching Common Ground communication training. A randomized control study investigating the effectiveness of the Breaking Bad News module found that medical students as well as resident physicians improved their communication skills as measured by an Objective Structured Clinical Examination. Four other similarly designed modules were also created: Living Through Treatment, Transitions: From Curable to Treatable/From Treatable to End-of-Life, Spirituality, and Family.

The thesis The Man in the Room is an anthology of short stories that explore themes of race, xenophobia, class and religious conflict, all within the context of immigrant life in the United States, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Kenya. The book was written as a commentary on what life is like for African migrants living in the diaspora. This is a work of fiction. The people, events, circumstances and institutions depicted are fictitious and the product of the author's imagination. Any resemblance of any character to any actual person, whether living or dead, is purely coincidental. Please note an excerpt of The Beauty of the Nigerians has been published in the literary journal, Type/Cast.

Please note: creative writing theses are permanently embargoed in OpenBU. No public access is forecasted for these. To request private access, please click on the locked Download file link and fill out the appropriate web form. / Selected Stories is a collection of short fiction works produced between fall 2014 and spring 2016. / 2031-01-01T00:00:00Z

Submitted to the Faculty of Arts in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in the Department of African Languages at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 1991. / In this study an attempt is made to expose the importance and the place of Mkhize's short stories. So far there isn't much scientific material on this subject although the writing of short stories appears to be gaining momentum. We are also tackling the structural aspects of Mkhize's short stories. Mkhize is one of the prolific authors of short stories. He has written the following anthologies of short stories: Ezomhlaba Kazipheli (1972) Emhlabeni Mntanomuntu (1977) Ngiyeke Ngezomhlaba (1980) Uyothi Wabonan* Emhlabeni (1981) Kunjalo-ke Emhlabeni (1981) Indications are that many more stories are still going to appear. (Bard Publishers Price List and Catalog: September 1989. ) In chapters two, three, and four we are looking at the structural aspects i.e. plot structure in Mkhize's short stories, characterisation and setting. In chapter five we are dealing with Hkhize's style where we look at his titles, language and narrative techniques. In chapter six we are dealing with the contextual aspects of short stories. The contextual aspects go with the textual aspects. Under the contextual aspects we have themes. We feel convinced that MJchize's short stories deserve a place In our literature.

The fourteen short fiction stories in this collection vary in style from Realism, Fantastic Realism, Romantic Realism, to Magical Realism. "Balconesto Enterprises," written in the first-person perspective and in the past tense, features a man working for a fake insurance company. "Maybelline, In the Tower," is about a man and woman acting out their medieval fantasies in secret in the woods. In "A Catalogue," a mysterious narrator introduces himself through a series of disguises. In "Millerstown, OH," a strange crash on the edge of town ignites a suburb's curiosity. An elderly man's vibrating house introduces paranormal activity in "The Holy House of Elyria." In "Reunion," a man reunites with an old friend for dinner, but is convinced his companion is an imposter. In "Another Gorgeous Morning," an audience watches a sit-com set in a post-apocalyptic world. "Four Short Tales," features four flash-fiction fables. In "The Issues We Face," three men strive to make sense of their town's collective odd behavior. In "The Legacy of Wahlter Rhume," a critic describes the works of a recently deceased horror writer. In "The Last Journey of Carl Oppenbach," the narrator navigates through the ancient Egyptian afterlife.

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I Thought You Were Someone Else deals with violence, family, love, art, and gender. The author examines these issues as well as what makes a creative work fiction or nonfiction by creating a multi-genre collection of seven short fiction stories and five short nonfiction pieces. Fictional stories feature protagonists similar to the author and protagonists who could be considered completely different from the author. Nevertheless, the protagonists in these pieces, whether they are real or fictitious, all experience grand realizations concerning their identity and surroundings. Essentially, they realize they are not who they thought they were. A young boy realizes he likes destruction; another comes to terms with love and romance. A father deals with his homophobia, while another older man examines his life of violence. Young women cope with getting older and struggling to create families. Others realize that their needs will never be met. All stories deal with growth, change, and discovery, thereby allowing the author to unearth details about identity and how it is shaped and evolves.

Young Thinkers is a collection of short fiction dealing with what it means to earn wisdom in the twenty-first century. When our phones can remember everything for us, and we’re plagued by a sense that everything has already been said and digitally cataloged, insight becomes even more important, particularly to the thoughtful characters explored throughout the collection. The prolonged American adolescence facilitated by the economic crisis, as well as the societal acceptance of marrying and having children much later in life, creates an atmosphere of intense self-doubt. A young man working at a gas station after college witnesses a high school boy die in a hit and run, and he longs to comfort others at the vigil. Another young man decides he would rather rob houses than return to community college while wondering at ways to extend his lifespan. Young women struggle to feel important and independent, but find themselves assuaging their fears with cigarettes and alcohol. These characters yearn for the insight and experience that would make them decidedly and authoritatively adult.

Distance is a collection of short fiction that explores the spaces between us. Sometimes it‟s emotional, sometimes it‟s physical; it lies before us like a cross-country journey, dragging us through emotional terrain fraught with countless dangers and rare rewards. A convict returns to his childhood home. A lonely man documents the unexpected damage of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A teenager learns that some boots are not made for walking. These stories are the long and short of it. They examine the way we struggle to understand love, lust, disappointment and the kind of detachment that can develop where we least expect it. We all know the distance between two people differs by degree, but in the end, where that space exists, an inescapable question awaits: Should we sever the tie or bridge the gap?