Date of Award
5-8-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
English
First Advisor
April Bernard
Abstract
"Local" is a collection of poems broken into five sections: Locale, Catholicism, Maman, Death & Ghosts, and an epilogue. This collection explores the particular milieu of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and focuses on my experiences attending a Catholic school there and the deaths and losses I dealt with during that time. A number of these poems follow a long, narrative style and employ a confessional tone; the locale of rural Pennsylvania is present, either directly or indirectly as an undercurrent, in every piece. It was heavily influenced by Gwendolyn Brooks' work cultivating a poetic locale in her works, such as "A Street in Bronzeville."
Recommended Citation
Barnes, Jane, "Local" (2020). English Honors Theses. 40.
https://creativematter.skidmore.edu/eng_stu_schol/40