Date of Award
Spring 4-4-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Kerry James Evans
Second Advisor
Mary Magoulick
Third Advisor
Peter Selgin
Abstract
This thesis contains a collection of poems meditation on family, self, chronic illnesses, and the intersection of these themes. The collection seeks to question itself and make sense of personal history in its spiraling repetitions of subject that move from the abstract speaker into the concrete. The poems are accompanied by a critical essay.
Recommended Citation
McKinney, Emily, "Over Explaining Things Again: Poems" (2025). Poetry MFA Theses. 10.
https://kb.gcsu.edu/poetry/10