Southern States -- Fiction

Overview

"T-Shirt in Winter, a mystery and suspense novel written in screenplay format, tells the story of a stranger who enters a small southern town centered around a cemetery. A literary blend of southern gothic and film noir, the book examines identity, individuality, authority, and oppression, while probing society’s propensity for snap judgements and stereotyping." -- Abstract

Overview "This collection comprises nine pieces—six essays and three stories—that represent the best of my creative-writing career at Emerson College. The collection begins and ends with personal essays, the contents of which are echoed or further examined by the fictional works placed between. Central themes I explore include parent-child bonds, the tenuous relationship between mind and body, and notions of independence and partnership. The American South, my place of origin, is the setting for all...