This thesis is a collection of short fiction, presented as a life in stories, and modeled after the prose style Amy Hempel. There are eleven stories, all told by one narrator, Kesley Horton. Of the eleven stories, six are set in Austin, Texas, where Kesleys mother and big brother, Kaleb, live, three are set in Brookeland, Texas, where Kelseys father lives, and two are set in transit. The stories take place over a period of roughly 4 years: Kelseys last years in high school and her first years in college. During this time, Kesley deals with her parents divorce, her boyfriends infidelity, her boyfriends death, her mothers death, and her brothers alcoholism. My brother, Wesley Pate (age eight), created the cover art. I have also included an afterword, which details my creative process.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TCU/oai:etd.tcu.edu:etd-05012008-084054 |
| Date | 01 May 2008 |
| Creators | Pate, Janna Michele |
| Contributors | Cynthia Shearer |
| Publisher | Texas Christian University |
| Source Sets | Texas Christian University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf, application/msword |
| Source | http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-05012008-084054/ |
| Rights | unrestricted, I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to TCU or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report. |
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