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As Good a Place

Bouldin, Margaret Elaine
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281110734

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2010, Master of Arts, Miami University, English: Creative Writing.
This thesis is a collection of personal essays that examine the tensions within my identity as a displaced Southerner – both as an Appalachian transplanted to Nashville, and as a Tennessean transplanted to the Midwest. The family of my Indiana-born significant other plays an integral part in these pieces; with them, there is a sense that I should feel at home “back in the country,” since I have traveled from a rural setting (Appalachia) to urban (Nashville) and then back to rural once again. However, I am compelled to illuminate the disparities between his “country” and my “country,” knowing my time in Nashville will color my view of the former. These essays show my struggle to understand myself not only in relation to the places I came from but also with an awareness of the places I have gone to, and of how they have altered that understanding.
Eric Goodman, PhD (Committee Chair)
Susan Morgan, PhD (Committee Member)
Katharine Ronald, PhD (Committee Member)
78 p.
Literature
creative writing; creative nonfiction; personal essays; family stories; place stories

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  • Bouldin, M. E. (2010). As Good a Place [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281110734

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bouldin, Margaret. As Good a Place. 2010. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281110734.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bouldin, Margaret. "As Good a Place." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281110734

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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