Date of Award
Spring 5-2018
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.F.A.
Degree Program
Creative Writing
Department
English
Major Professor
Richard Goodman
Second Advisor
Randy Bates
Third Advisor
Elizabeth Steeby
Abstract
When Tori Bush’s father died of chemical causes related to Agent Orange, she found herself obsessed with tracing dioxins, one of the main ingredient of Agent Orange in other American communities. She began to visit and interview residents of Mossville, Louisiana, a small town on the border of Texas, which has fourteen petrochemical facilities surrounding the town. The residents also had been exposed to dioxins. Grief and anger connected Tori to this story, but it is far larger—is the right to a healthy natural environment a part of our American citizenship?
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Recommended Citation
Bush, Victoria C., "A Town Slowly Burned: Life and Death in a Small Louisiana Town" (2018). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2445.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2445
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