Sex At The Park: Stories From My Days With Ninfa

Authors

Dalel Serda, University of Texas-Pan American

Date of Award

12-2009

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Dr. Jean Braithwaite

Second Advisor

Dr. Shawn Thompson

Third Advisor

Jose Skinner

Abstract

This creative nonfiction manuscript chronicles the burgeoning relationship between the narrator and her subject, Ninfa—the folkloric, enduring and elusive Harlingen, Texas prostitute. This project aims to document the process of demystification the narrator undergoes as the women get to know each other. Furthermore, in the process of gathering the materials that will tell her subject’s story, the narrator attempts to tell the story about getting the story, about what led to this story and of what resulted. In sum, this work explores the often-blurry boundaries and complexities of what is inevitably a friendship.

Comments

Copyright 2009 Dalel Serda. All Rights Reserved.

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Granting Institution

University of Texas-Pan American