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  • Foodmaster and three stories

    Creator:
    Starr, Peter W.
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    The purpose of this thesis was to create a sustained piece of fiction that both represented my growth as a writer throughout my time at Oregon State University, and wove together a mixture of imagination, language, and creativity. My hope was to write a novella that incorporated and drew from...
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    Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing presented on April 23, 2004 Title: Foodmaster and Three Stories

  • Scenes from the Tarot

    Creator:
    Stephens, Nia C.
    Abstract:
    Scenes from the Tarot is a novella that explores the desire to control time. The narrator, Truth Aiken, spurred by fear of her own death, recounts the story of her sister Beauty's death and its effects on Truth's highly unusual family. Proceeding backwards through time, Truth describes her tumultuous relationships...
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    the story of her sister Beauty's death and its effects on Truth's highly unusual family. Proceeding

  • Fortunate son

    Creator:
    Bernard, Sean
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    The narrator of Fortunate Son is Jake, a 21 year-old who has recently arrived in Tucson, Arizona, after the death of his mother. He's spent his entire life on the road with his mother, possibly followed and antagonized by his father, whom Jake has never seen. He has come to...
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    introduces him to her father (Mr. Jones) and sister (Kate). In Mr. Jones, Jake finds a man who could serve

  • Chazzonos

    Creator:
    Rockler, Lyle
    Abstract:
    Chazzonos, as presented here for my thesis, represents three chapters of what will be a novel of the same name. Chazzonos is about Hal Perlmutter, a cantor, who at the outset of the novel, is resigning his position of twenty years. The novel progresses as Hal decides where he will...
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    Chazzonos, as presented here for my thesis, represents three chapters of what will be a novel of the same

  • Chrysalis

    Creator:
    Harrison, S. S.
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    A creative work of literary fiction, Chrysalis is the story of Rachelle Long: a young woman who struggles to find her identity in a world marked by changing (and often, conflicting) ideas regarding sexuality, economics, gender roles and relations, and individual rights. Just one year into the workforce following her...
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    end; to the staff, regulars, and "alumni" of the Java Rama Cafe, for being there; to my sisters

  • Northwest of normal

    Creator:
    Larison, John J.
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    Northwest of Normal is the first part of a novel that takes place along an imaginary Oregon river called the Ipsyniho. The story grows from valley’s fertile loam like a blackberry vine, entangling a group of locals—fly fishing guides and midwives, artists and dope growers—just as a posse of wealthy...
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    Two ………………………………………………………….. 36 Chapter Three………………………………………………………………. 56 Chapter Four

  • The dry country

    Creator:
    Van Handel, Lucinda S.
    Abstract:
    Set in the dryland farming country of Eastern Oregon in the late 1950's, this novel follows a year and a half in the life of a young girl as she comes of age. A water rights dispute, the plight of nearby ranchers, disappointments in her own family and a harrowing...
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    must have been three or four at the time, because I was still small enough for my father's arms, and

  • The fading

    Creator:
    Ni Bhraonain, Lisa
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    As I began to explore the evocative nature of language, the creation of themes and images, and the rhythm and beauty of words that I feel must accompany meaning, I discovered that I had always seen and heard and felt the world as many of my characters do; in this...
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    stuff under guard closer to the counter. I come in two or three times a week, maybe four. What I

  • Houses along fourth street

    Creator:
    Yee, Ann L.
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    This thesis consists of four short stories and Chapter 1 of a novel in progress. Each of the four stories are thematically linked through a common protagonist, Nancy, and through a relatively chronological following of events in her life. I chose to tell Nancy's stories in an attempt to gain...
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    here every night as a family." "Okay, Dad," I said. Three days passed. And then, at school, Sister

  • Music for strings

    Creator:
    deTal, Vicki
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    In this collection of linked stories, four characters navigate space between selves they’ve been and those to come. Alice must invent an autonomous identity after her husband dies in a bike crash. As she casts about to populate a new life, a geographer, a violinist, and a clarinetist emerge at...
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    to have a glass of wine?” Alice asked. Her voice whistled and droned; she blinked three times to