Our Foreign Selves
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2015-08-19
Authors
Gerber, Elizabeth A
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Abstract
This thesis is a selection of poems written during my time in the MFA program. These poems loosely fit the theme of “identity foreign-ness.” That is, how we perceive ourselves vs. the way others perceive/describe us (to the point of paranoia, in my experience); the expectations parents have of us/children vs. the reality of our wills; our subconscious vs. conscious decisions to like/dislike something (tastes, hatred, fear); the way we relate (or fail to relate) to others; and the self-awareness and protection of our bodies vs. souls.
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This work was embargoed by the author and will not be publicly available until May 2020.
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Poetry, Identity, Subconscious, Expectations, Reality