Abstract
How She Sleeps at Night is a collection of lyric poetry constellated around experiences of disability, trauma, and womanhood. A critical essay introduces the collection by elucidating the experiences and theoretical underpinnings that shaped the body of these poems. The introductory essay distills the principles that informed my cardinal poetic goals as I wrote: to create poems that can be read again and again over a lifetime, which connect with readers' common humanity, and which acknowledge the nuances and complexities of being alive.
Degree
MFA
College and Department
Humanities; English
Rights
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Malouf, Alexandra, "How She Sleeps at Night" (2022). Theses and Dissertations. 9396.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9396
Date Submitted
2022-04-11
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd12033
Keywords
creative writing, lyric poetry, poetic theory, devotional poetry, erasure, trauma
Language
english