Year of Graduation
2024
Level of Access
Restricted Access Thesis
Embargo Period
5-16-2027
Department or Program
English
First Advisor
Professor Anthony Walton
Abstract
Pathways: Montana Stories and Poems is a collection of five short stories and twenty poems written under the direction of Professor Anthony Walton. In these stories and poems, I contend with my hometown, Dillon, Montana and questions of legacy, responsibility, guilt, identity, and home. The first section, Circling, draws a sketch of Dillon, Montana, with a focus on the ways that the past and present inform each other. The second section, Dead Ends, tells the story of a toxic relationship, and the harm it does to the protagonist and members of the community. The third section, Turning, follows characters in two stories, “Settling” and “Tornado Watch,” as they make choices that will define their lives. The fourth section, To the Sea, describes a home-coming, and the forces that pull us back from destruction.
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Available only to users on the Bowdoin campus.