DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/P76V-NT71
Defense Date
2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
English
First Advisor
David Wojahn
Second Advisor
Kathleen Graber
Third Advisor
Richard Fine
Abstract
The poems in this collection explore the deindustrialization of the authors home, a factory town in northern Indiana, and in other industrial towns throughout the rust belt. The poems inherently deal with socioeconomic class and weave in themes of queerness, grief, bodies of water, loss—all amidst coming of age in a landscape that seems to be plotting the demise of its inhabitants, as well as the demise of the environment. Though the poems deal specifically with ruin: abandoned factories, and drug overdoses, the poet works toward understanding beauty and queer love in this complicated setting.
Rights
© Brandon Young
Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
5-11-2022