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Briar & Cornstarch: Poems by Tina Puckett

Puckett Inks, Tina
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1416499895

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2014, MFA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of English.
This creative thesis tackles issues of loss, including but not limited to that related to violence (both natural and manmade, particularly against women and in some cases, the self), as well as an emerging focus on resilience, strength, and growth. The poems contained within are intended to present a range of distinct styles and voice, to demonstrate the author's love of sonic qualities that brought about poetry-writing and this thesis, and to balance the "beautiful terrible" in the contained subject matter by focusing and softening the lens on victims and survivors through often delicate and lush language, rather than glorifying or giving harsh construct and central focus to the events that come to pass for these characters. The overarching theme is one of an emotional arc into the every day but also into the unfortunate, darker corners of this life we lead.
Mary Biddinger (Committee Chair)
Catherine Wing (Committee Member)
Robert Miltner (Committee Member)
Fine Arts; Literature

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  • Puckett Inks, T. (2014). Briar & Cornstarch: Poems by Tina Puckett [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1416499895

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Puckett Inks, Tina. Briar & Cornstarch: Poems by Tina Puckett. 2014. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1416499895.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Puckett Inks, Tina. "Briar & Cornstarch: Poems by Tina Puckett." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1416499895

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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