Date of Award

Spring 5-3-2024

Level of Access Assigned by Author

Open-Access Thesis

Language

English

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

Advisor

Gregory Howard

Second Committee Member

Jennifer Moxley

Third Committee Member

Hollie Adams

Additional Committee Members

Morgan Talty

Abstract

The ebb and flow of returning to and leaving the people you love and the people who love you, echoed through the voices of mothers, daughters, and wives, and lovers. Springtide and Other Stories bring together six fabulist stories that tinker with what it means to remember and forget over entire lifetimes and single moments. The generational gift of hearing the secrets of the sea, stored in tiny, shore-swept seashells, is broken. A secluded wood that stores the memories of its people in the soil and in the bark of the trees begins to burn. An ordinary couple with peculiar inflictions navigate the turbulence and ambiguity of family, parenthood, and marriage. A snow obsessed lover catches a cold that threatens to melt her best memories away. A daughter is called back to her hometown to rediscover the rituals of returning. Springtide and Other Stories are for those who choose to wonder and wander through the season and tides that inevitably shape their lives.

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