Ten Percent to Light a Desert Sky

Ten Percent to Light a Desert Sky is a collection of poems written during my four year residency in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection is tied together through prevailing themes of communication and a collage of the desert imagery scattered throughout the work. My many influences include W. S. Merwin, Federico Garcia Lorca, Lorine Niedecker, and Bob Dylan---as well as lessons learned through careful study with Aliki Barnstone, Claudia Keelan, Douglas Unger, Mark Irwin, and Megan Becker-Leckrone The thesis is organized in four sections: Mojave Lowlight attempts to define the collections physical vocabulary; yes.. dives into the thematic examination of communication; Living the Catalogue attempts to expand upon the preceding two sections and interpret my surroundings; and two ends the collection on a personal note of self-discovery.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Year

2004

Author dc:creator

• Ness, James Cory

Contributors dc:contributor

• Aliki Barnstone

Statement dc:rights

• IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/1672

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-2671