Electronic thesis
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 885 Collections and/or Records:
Small Spaces, 2021
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Identifier: cw_2021spring_vestuto_jessica.pdf
Overview
"The essays in this collection reflect on my experiences in small spaces—from a closet-sized studio apartment, to the passenger seat of my father's car, to a windowless room in an electrolysis treatment center, to a single pew in a church, and more. In these spaces, I explore times when I have felt distant to people who are very close to me and close to people who I have never met. I also question whether places retain the memories of the people who occupied them, and whether this memory can...
Dates:
2021
Smart Girls, 2023
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Identifier: cw_2023spring_davis_kirby.pdf
Overview
"With my essay collection "Smart Girls," I aimed to explore issues that I have personally encountered in my life that I've noticed are not in any way unique to me. I wanted to write openly about what it's like to deal with clinical depression, the loss of a loved one, religious conflict in families, and simply exist as a young woman in the twenty-first century. It was my goal when writing these essays to provide insight especially into navigating one's early- to mid-twenties while suffering...
Dates:
2023
So Extra, 2019
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Identifier: sw_2019spring_hutchins_derek.pdf
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"So Extra is a feature length comedy drama about a man who moves to Hollywood in pursuit of his dream: becoming an actor. However, this is easier said than done, and he is forced to find work as a background actor to make ends meet, where he gets to know several other dreamers who help him along the way. The script seeks to explore what it takes to "make it" in Los Angeles and how to cope with the frustrations of constant rejection when all the soul wants is to create, suggesting through use...
Dates:
2019
Sobering, 2021
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Identifier: cw_2021spring_marshall_alyssa.pdf
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"Sobering is a collection of personal essays that span the Nineties to present day 2021. It's a conversation about culture, the things that shape us, the biases we come to hold and how we learn (or don't) to let them go. It traverses shame, trauma, addiction, and self-delusion, while navigating the repercussions of a difficult coming-of-age. Essays touch on subjects ranging from a pop culture icon ("of course we had a hand in Britney's suffering"), to an examination of substance abuse and...
Dates:
2021
Solo Artist: A Noise Musical, 2021
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Identifier: vm_2021fall_bierenday.pdf
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""Solo Artist: A Noise Musical" investigates the theme of sound as a device for communication and self-exploration. In the piece, solitude and unexpected circumstances impact the artist's relationship with sound expression. The story unfolds as a quarantined musician who fantasizes themselves as a vampire, following the artist as they become influenced– morphing their musical direction. "Solo Artist: A Noise Musical" explores a transition from composed music to experimental noise…and...
Dates:
2021
Soloist: Essays on Isolation, 2020
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Identifier: cw_2020fall_feltner_kerry.pdf
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"The essays in this collection are an exploration of isolation and how it can manifest throughout a life. Each essay offers an attempt to figure out what it means to be lonely and to self-isolate while also recognizing the drawbacks of not engaging with others or the wider world. Each essay is a look at how to find a balance between the giving of oneself to others and the protection of oneself from others and all the ways that paradox is made more complicated. The essays range in topic from...
Dates:
2020
Solveig's Saga, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_rhodes_kayla.pdf
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"This thesis explores the story of Solveig, a Viking shield maiden, as she confronts the challenges of an impending prophecy of war and nightmares of a terrifying being. As she navigates these obstacles, Solveig's faith in the gods is tested, and she must reconcile her belief with the unsettling events that unfold around her. In addition, she is driven by a quest for revenge for the murder of her adoptive father and seeks to claim the title of King of Jarls on the small continent island of...
Dates:
2023
Somali Blend, 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_sellwood_peter.pdf
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"Jake Mars is a widower that will do anything to fight to keep his Minneapolis urban neighborhood from changing. Jake owns a greasy spoon diner that is famous for their world class cinnamon rolls. The diner hasn't been forced to change since the doors opened in the 1950's. A Somali woman opens up a wildly successful Somali cafe in the same neighborhood which forces Jake to fight for his cafe or run the risk of it going out of business. Jake will stop at nothing to save his cafe. His wife,...
Dates:
2021
Someone to talk to : a master's short story collection, 2015
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Identifier: cw_2015fall_brown_lorna.pdf
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"The stories in this collection are set in a small village in the West of Ireland in the early 1990's. A by-pass around the village has rid them of their once busy traffic. The residents feel forgotten by the world. The need to reach out and be heard is explored in every story, from the young woman who starts to have phone conversations with her husband's gay lover, to the dyslexic man who confronts his cruel teacher years later." -- Abstract.
Dates:
2015
Something Beautiful About A Bicycle, 2020
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Identifier: vma_2020spring_burdett_gregory_maxim.pdf
Overview
"'Something Beautiful About A Bicycle' is a fictional anthology inspired by my experience as a bicycle commuter in cities across the country. In each episodic narrative the bicycle connects with a new protagonist and conveys their deepest desires through an amalgamation of magical realism, Classical Hollywood and Neorealist filmmaking. Originally conceived as a bicycle advocacy piece, each episode looks to highlight different social issues facing urban communities across the nation....
Dates:
2020
Something like prayer, 2015
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Identifier: cw_2015spring_ziegler_owen.pdf
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"What is more important: being good or trying to be? The characters in these 10 stories struggle with that question one way or another as the systems they either willingly choose or are forced into push down on them even further. Family, religion and community can all empower people to rise above their current standings, but these stories explore what happens when the dynamic moves in the other direction. At what point does individual desire trump safety and surety?" --Abstract.
Dates:
2015
Song, 1859, 2021
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Identifier: wr_2021fall_olayiwola_porsha.pdf
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"Porsha Olayiwola's 'Song, 1859' is a collection of poems that explore the Black American diaspora, water, and queer womyn intimacy. The poems in this collection meet both at and beyond those intersections. Rich in historical analysis, the work reaches for poetic permanence in highlighting untold or unremembered narratives. Entangled in the wake of the middle passage, these poems seek to do with form, what water does in general: remember, reshape, rename, repair and reconfigure. The...
Dates:
2021
Song of Water and Air: An Amphiverse Novel, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022fall_zacchia_jillian.pdf
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"Song of Water and Air is a YA sci-fi fantasy of approximately 100,000 words. When a tsunami hits Lake Superior, Pan and her boyfriend nearly drown...until Pan realizes she can breathe underwater. Compelled to understand what that means, Pan returns to the lake and finds an underwater portal. Once through, she's stunned by the new world she discovers and guilt ridden by everything she left behind in her search for answers. On this new planet, called Asophos, Pan meets beings called Amphis...
Dates:
2022
& sons / And sons, 2018
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Identifier: wf_2018spring_eckard_robert.pdf
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"This half-hour comedy works within the established tropes of family sitcoms to investigate a lower-income family in America's South, LGBT identity development within youth, and the socioeconomic structures shaping current society. Themes around family, the Southern experience, and LGBT characters are present in the majority of my work in the program." --Abstract.
Dates:
2018
Sons and Spies, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022spring_corin_joshua.pdf
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"In the historical thriller Sons and Spies, semi-retired Jewish psychologist Saul Bregman learns that the State Department, as the result of an agreement with Germany, is about to declassify transcripts from WWII revealing the dark secret he has kept from his family for 50 years, that he is really Paul Lessing, son of infamous Nazi spy Johann Lessing, he must team up with an old enemy from the past to bury the intel forever by any means necessary." -- Abstract
Dates:
2022
Sorrow's Song, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021fall_kamp_kayla.pdf
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"Serenity is a witch whose sister Iris was killed by Witch Hunters. Devastated by the loss, she turns to magic to bring Iris back to life. But something goes wrong and her sister comes back with no memory and sporting a pair of wings. Serenity doesn't care though, she's so ecstatic to have her sister back. That is, until she starts noticing that Iris doesn't act like herself. Did Serenity actually bring back her sister, or did something else take her place? Meanwhile, the Witch Hunters...
Dates:
2021
Sort Of, Almost, 2022
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Identifier: cw_2022spring_randolph_kayla.pdf
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"Sort Of, Almost is a book project completed to demonstrate proficiency in content creation and in book design best suited to house that content. The book uniquely showcases a manuscript layout with a dual focus on text and design. Pairing text with imagery, taking into consideration both compatibility of design and content, results in a publication with elements in successful dialogue with one another. Linking creative writing with abstract photograph manipulation adds depth to the reading...
Dates:
2022
Soul Ravenger, 2020
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Identifier: pf_2020fall_senney_jessica.pdf
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"Isaac Waller never had an easy life. When he finds out he's a Soul Ravenger and is expected to collect souls for a man called Death, his life only gets harder as he begins to realize he's not very good at his destiny. After one drastic mistake lands him in Hell, he learns a difficult truth from his childhood. Isaac has to not only discover who he truly is, but also evade the higher power set on destroying his soul." -- Abstract
Dates:
2020
Space Cub & Neuro-Tap, 2023
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Identifier: sf_2023spring_wachowski_joseph.pdf
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"SPACE CUB is a half-hour animated series designed for streaming services with a target audience of children 10 and up. The story follows the journey of a young boy named Cub and his adventure to retrieve his kidnapped mother. Cub is the son of Captain Austin, the strict and competent leader of an asteroid mining expedition and the captain of her space vessel the Deltron. Our Journey begins when the Deltron's crew is ambushed by Captain Psyche and her mercenary space bandits. NEURO-TAP is an...
Dates:
2023
Sparrow in the Storm: A Novel, 2019
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Identifier: cw_2019spring_marlin_nat.pdf
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"Sometime in the near future, dust storms ravage the land and destroy almost all civilization. Nour is a nonbinary scavenger returning to their childhood home in upstate New York — which they left to flee their emotionally abusive parents — to see if their younger sister Hana is still alive. The two were close before the storms, but Nour's sudden leaving drove a wedge between them, one that Nour hopes to repair (if Hana's not already dead). After being violently separated from their initial...
Dates:
2019