Project Director

Quinlan, Alex

Department Examiner

Einstein, Sarah

Department

Dept. of English

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

In Randon Billings Noble's introduction to A Harp in the Stars, she writes "Lyric essays require a kind of passion, a commitment to weirdness in the face of convention, a willingness to risk confusion, a comfort with outsider status. When I’m writing a lyric essay, I’m not worried about what it is or what to call it." I seek to play with this commitment, confusion, and comfort in my own work. This collection of lyric essays revolves around gender identity, the love and fear of labels, and how we, as queer people, can still feel nostalgic for our past.

Acknowledgments

Gratitude to the Southern Literary Festival for awarding “Fragments” first place in Creative Nonfiction for their 2023 Undergraduate Writing Contest, and for publishing the essay in that year’s anthology. Thank you.

Degree

B. A.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Date

5-2023

Subject

Creative nonfiction; American essays--21st century; Gender identity; Sexual minorities--Identity

Keyword

Creative nonfiction; Lyric essay; Gender identity

Discipline

Nonfiction

Document Type

Theses

Extent

41 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Date Available

5-6-2024

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