Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>“Cherry Tree Variations” is a book-length creative nonfiction essay that collages memoir, research, and artifacts into a meditation on the meaning of community and the places in which queerness has often been forced to hide: in shadows, in whispers, and at the margins of the page. This lyric essay comprises a persistent attempt to gather a lineage where there is none and to find the author’s place in a society that refuses to center them. Through this experimental form and research therein, the author discovers their origins, complicates their understanding of their own identity, and considers their role in perpetuating this pieced-together family tree for future queer/trans generations.</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
- 2025
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Koontz, Ari
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Matthew Frank
Subjects
dc:subject × 4Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/879
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:commons.nmu.edu:theses-1934