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University of Missouri--Kansas City

The Strangelove Ocean

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

This collection of poems works through a personal narrative of trauma, weaving its way in and out of discussions about religious identity in the South as well as sexuality, and explores how trauma often infiltrates all aspects of a victim’s life. Scattered throughout are also poems that deal with climate change and mass extinction, an homage to the trauma that we inflict upon the world and its far-reaching consequences. “Strangelove ocean” is a scientific term used to refer to the post-Permian extinction landscape—a desolate ocean in which over 95% of marine species perished. The only species that survived lurked deep under the decay and debris, evolving and resurfacing hundreds of millions of years later. These poems illustrate a resilient evolution, a resurfacing from a much smaller, but still significant, Strangelove ocean.

Degree

thesis:*
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
2020

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Hook, Tori
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Bar-Nadav, Hadara

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Handle dc:identifier.uri
https://hdl.handle.net/10355/73744
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/73744

Chain of custody

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2026-07-24
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citation

Hook, Tori. The Strangelove Ocean. Masters thesis, University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10355/73744