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Goal Drought

Abstract

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<p><em>Goal Drought </em>is a collection of free verse and prose poetry that focuses on the sport of soccer. The collection explores the roles of fans and players within the sport as well as the strategy, concepts, and controversies that make up much of soccer. Beyond just the game, the collection also engages with religious concepts and the more general themes of obsession, desire for community, and the act of participating and watching performances. Physicality and personal experience also play a large role in this work, and the collection mixes both jargon and more casual and conversational language to try and link the more technical or “insider” aspects of the game to the everyday lives of people who do and do not follow it.</p>

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Fine Arts
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
English
Year dc:date.available
2020

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Oesch, Stephanie
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Patricia Killelea

Subjects

dc:subject × 3

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/629
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:commons.nmu.edu:theses-1663

Chain of custody

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Northern Michigan University
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Last updated
2026-07-24
Source record
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citation

Oesch, Stephanie. Goal Drought. Thesis thesis, 2020. https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/629