Everything Living Dies

Author

Curtis Larson, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Abstract

All of the following stories deal with death. Whether it be grieving the unexpected death of a loved one (Before the Shadow Takes Us), preparing for an expected death (Through the Glass), contemplating death as one nears creating a life (Everything Living Dies), or metaphorically scaring someone to death (Barry the Interruption), each story attempts not just to ask what it means to die, but how that knowledge can help us live. I did not intentionally seek to create such a death-heavy thesis. The theme arose as the stories were written. I suppose it is no surprise; I have always been a tad preoccupied by death, its inevitability and implications. Fitting, then, that this work represents those deepest concerns. All I can hope is that these stories move you (and, perhaps, trouble you) in the ways that they moved (and troubled) me while writing them.

Advisor

Chris McCormick

Committee Member

Chris McCormick

Committee Member

Geoff Herbach

Date of Degree

2021

Language

english

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Program of Study

Creative Writing

Department

English

College

Humanities and Social Sciences

Recommended Citation

Larson, Curtis. (2021). Everything Living Dies [Master’s thesis, Minnesota State University, Mankato]. Cornerstone: A Collection of Scholarly and Creative Works for Minnesota State University, Mankato. https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/etds/1360/

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