Date of Graduation
Winter 12-11-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Writing (MFAW)
College/School
College of Arts and Sciences
Department/Program
Creative Writing
First Advisor
Stephen Beachy
Second Advisor
Laleh Khadivi
Abstract
Volcanoes & Other Yards is a collection of short stories set in the yards of California, Mexico, and El Salvador. Characters see the manifestations of their labor through imagination and purposeful acts of play. Working class characters are pushed to eruptions that make them question what it means to witness racism, capitalism, and noble acts of good. They undergo solitude, loss of home, and welfare lines, and they witness their country gas children, government intrusions, and grief. To reconcile with their generational trauma, they must encounter land and labor. The collection explores the idea of an imaginary volcano to bring forth the concept that land is inherited through memory.
Recommended Citation
Flores, Rebeca, "Volcanoes & Other Yards" (2020). Master's Theses. 1339.
https://repository.usfca.edu/thes/1339
