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Item RADIO DARK: A novella(MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Tampa, 2014-06-19) Hinton, ShaneRADIO DARK is an examination of the fundamental problems at the heart of all interactions: between people, objects, institutions, and technologies. The main characters, Memphis and Cincinnati, discover their own momentum in repurposing the materials of a rapidly deteriorating world. The novella jars the reader by making use of deadpan narration that has the effect of alienating the reader from the events of the story. This alienation highlights the principal concern of the piece: that narrative begins and ends in the spaces between bodies, where it is open to the corrosive potential of its environment, and where it is stripped of all inherent meaning before being received and reinterpreted.Item Ticks(MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Tampa, 2016-06-16) Lanoue, GraceTICKS is an examination of the people who stand on the fringe—an analysis of those that don’t quite belong. The characters are outsiders in their relationships, jobs, families, and society. This collection brings to life an isolated community on the coast of Massachusetts. It’s a complex, sometimes dark, sometimes funny collection about loneliness. The remote setting, paralleled with the isolated feelings of the characters, drives the reader into a world of uncertainty. Readers are pressed to identify with these characters through their own social, professional, or romantic alienation. This alienation highlights the principal concern of the piece; how do people react in these moments? This collection pilots the reader with instances of absurdity, loss, panic, deceit, and humor through those characters who find themselves on the outskirts.