Date of Award
5-2025
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.F.A.
Degree Program
Creative Writing
Department
English
Major Professor
Milton O'Neal Walsh
Second Advisor
Barbara Johnson
Third Advisor
Abram Himelstein
Abstract
The stories collected here capture the lives of several characters who share in common their attachment to a rural Midwestern town, as well as a desire to leave. Given few opportunities to experience the world in the way that they wish, they resort to drug abuse, self-destructive behavior, and small resistances in order to escape, at least in their minds, the physical place they believe to be their curse.
Recommended Citation
Dirckx, Derek D., "What We Want is Hard to Find" (2025). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 3243.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/3243
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