Capstone/Thesis Title
Term
Spring 5-14-2018
Upload Type
Restricted Access Thesis
Primary Advisor/Thesis Chair
Angela Pelster-Weibe
Secondary Advisor/Outside Reader
Patricia Weaver Francisco
Degree Name
MFA
Abstract
A hybrid memoir which uses fiction as a means to elaborate the story of Leila, an iteration of the author, through prose and poetry and a series of moments in a life that add up to a trajectory. The manuscript illuminates the interiority of girls and women and the effects of trauma on developing agency. Invoking a strong closeness to the natural world and highlighting perception versus reality, the protagonist/author is ultimately successful at this pursuit.
Subgenre
Hybrid / multi-genre
Recommended Citation
Adel, Nina, "Shows Growth in Self-Control" (2018). Creative Writing Programs. 32.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/cwp/32
dc_type
text
dc_publisher
DigitalCommons@Hamline
dc_format
application/pdf
dc_source
Creative Writing Program
Comments
Nina Adel teaches college writing and therapeutic Creative Writing. She is also a musician and has written, recorded, performed and toured three albums of original music. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Nina has also lived in Mexico, New York, Japan, Boston, Albuquerque and Minneapolis, and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her two children and her dog.