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Keywords

Iowa--Fiction; Iowa; Fiction; Academic theses;

Abstract

The following thesis consists of five short stories. My work has a regional emphasis, with each story set in Iowa. "Up Wau Hollow" tells about Ginny, a girl whose family lives up Wau Hollow in the Loess Hills of southwestern Iowa. "Cabbie" focuses on a cab driver with an active imagination. He works hard at distancing himself from people and from life. "Letting Go" is the story of a mother torn between her maternal instinct and letting go of her daughter. "View from the Flying Wienie" brings together two characters that might not have met if it weren't for the Flying Wienie hotdog stand. The final story, "Sparrow" is another story about the Loess Hills. It moves between a tale of the early Native American inhabitants of the area and the story of those who settled in the area centuries later.

Year of Submission

2006

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of Languages and Literatures

First Advisor

Grant Tracey

Second Advisor

Vince Gotera

Third Advisor

Jim O'Loughlin

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The creative work referenced in this graduate thesis, consisting of pages 1-74, currently is not being made available in electronic format through UNI ScholarWorks.

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Date Original

2006

Object Description

1 PDF file (10 leaves)

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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