Semester of Graduation

Spring 2026

Degree

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

Document Type

Thesis

Abstract

Gone Bodies is a book length collection of poems that explores iterations of selves and the relationship of the body to the external world through both brief lyrics and long poems. It is organized in three sections: Unsteady Forms, Later Languages, and Falling Enough. These sections create a structure that moves from an internal, unstable sense of self towards a future facing stabilized identity that does not leave behind the tension of iterative and multiple selves but finds a way to move forward in spite of this tension.

Date

3-13-2026

Committee Chair

Clay, Adam

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