Date of Award
5-11-2015
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
English
First Advisor
Josh Russell
Second Advisor
John Holman
Third Advisor
Sheri Joseph
Abstract
The sixteen stories comprising A Kingdom for the Bird were written during my time in Georgia State University’s Creative Writing program. Each sprouted from its own seed, grew by its own supply of water and proximity to light, and was pruned in the shape of the design it revealed. The stories—some brief, others long, some quick, others slow, some straightforward, others circuitous—study a variety of themes: human nature, solitude, real and imagined relationships, self-loathing, self-loving, self-fulfilling prophecy, identity, anticipation of love, making love, losing love, cats, dogs, birds, bank-robberies, families, empathy, self-deception, humiliation, stand-up comedy, murder, war, candy mints, nude photographs, funerals gone wrong, and ways to open a coconut.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/6966286
Recommended Citation
Rothenberg, Pir Joseph, "A Kingdom for the Birds." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2015.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/6966286