Publication Date
Summer 2019
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
David Bell (Director), Tom Hunley, and Jessica Folk
Degree Program
Department of English
Degree Type
Master of Fine Arts
Abstract
The following is a collection of five short stories set in regions familiar to me: “Dewberry Park,” “YouLead,” and “The Color Violet” in Indiana; “Mens Rea” in Kentucky; and “Tory Ride” in Cambodia. Gay identity plays a role in many of these stories, and other themes explored include family, region, socioeconomics, gender, mentality, and change. These stories are concerned with people on the brink, failing and surviving all the same. Some of them are intended to weigh, and some to satirize. I hope they all nick their readers.
Disciplines
Fiction | Fine Arts | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Literature in English, North America | Modern Literature
Recommended Citation
Gress, Brodie Lee, "Kentuckiana, and a Dash of Cambodia: A Collection of Short Stories" (2019). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 3133.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/3133
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