Theses and Dissertations

Date of Award

12-2019

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

Creative Writing

First Advisor

Dr. Britt Haraway

Second Advisor

Dr. Jean Braithwaite

Third Advisor

Dr. Jose Rodriguez

Abstract

The purpose of this creative work is to illustrate the relationship between the identity of the Rio Grande Valley as a whole, corporate control, immigration status, and interpersonal connection. This illustration is achieved through a series of interconnected short stories that culminate in a telling of a real-life event, the prison riot in the Willacy County Correctional Facility. This event has ramification for every character in the novel and for an entire county. This work attempts to simultaneously take a birds-eye view and microscopic examination of the events that lead up to the riot over the course of two and a half weeks. Each section is from a different character’s perspective and on the whole paints a picture of a part of America without an identity.

Comments

Copyright 2019 Benito Salinas Jr. All Rights Reserved.

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