Date of Award
Spring 5-2015
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.F.A.
Degree Program
Creative Writing
Department
English
Major Professor
Randy Bates
Second Advisor
Richard Goodman
Third Advisor
Carolyn Hembree
Fourth Advisor
Elizabeth Steeby
Abstract
You Don't Have to be Good, is a nonfiction collection of prose, poetry and graphic memoir set in New Orleans, central Florida, and points in between. In this coming-of-age memoir, I recall the abrupt end of my dad's life, the 24 years of my life in which he was alive, and the years after his death—remembering him while living without him in his hometown of New Orleans. Along the way there are meditations on language, race, gender, dreams, addiction, and ecology. My family and I encounter Hurricane Katrina and Mardi Gras, and at least one shuttle launch. These are the stories I find myself telling at parties, and also those I've never voiced until now.
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Recommended Citation
Panzeca, Andrea, "You Don't Have to Be Good" (2015). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 1979.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1979
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