My Mother Gave Me a Man's Name

Author

Connor Poff, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Abstract

This thesis contains forty-three poems that deal with themes of family, relationships, and working-class life. Home to a variety of unique features and challenges that my work contends with, the Rust Belt makes up nearly all specified settings in my poems. The first section contains personal poems that are specific to the speaker as an individual. The second section expands to include narratives about family and community; it employs language from the Rust Belt’s industry and geography. The final section is the least personal but expands to include community and history.

Advisor

Candace Black

Committee Member

Richard Robbins

Date of Degree

2020

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

Poff, Connor. (2020). My Mother Gave Me a Man's Name [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/1368/

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