And now for something completely different

This multi-genre thesis has been split into three parts. The first consists of nonfiction works that focus on moments in his life that had the biggest impact such as the birth of his two nieces. The second consists of at first car crash and the dealing of the aftermath of a shocking incident. This section has a focus on poetry and explores the topics of health, addiction, genocide, violence, poetry, and food with a bit of humor and alliteration added. The poetry employs a variety of poetic forms such as prose, abecedarian, couplets, erasure, odes, pantoum, and sestina. The final section is all about relationships as each fiction story explores the personal relationships between a couple, a grandfather, and his grandkids, and two friends. It also explores the professional relationship between a client and a business. The final story is two chapters of a soon-to-be-written longer piece that focuses on a murder mystery. The stories also include themes of relationships in trouble, betrayal, redemption, revenge, and desire. Two stories are written in an experimental format as one story is told through dialogue and the second is an epistolary story.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Creative Writing and Media Arts (UMKC)

Grantor

University of Missouri--Kansas City

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Loughran, Todd

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Pritchett, Michael, 1961-

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10355/101631

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/101631