Zero days
Date of Award
2011
Document Type
Project
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Department
English
First Advisor
Paegle, Julie
Second Advisor
Delgado, Juan
Abstract
"Zero Days" is about alienation. The poems explore alienation from God, family, self and cultural institutions. The topics range from suspicions a husband has towards wife to a psychic balance struck on a hot day in a taco shop. The poems are rendered in a narrative style, alternating between first and third person, often adopting fictional narrators as the mechanism for getting at a greater truth. These narratives are culled from the Mexican-American middle class living in suburban Southern California, reflecting the morés of a group moving between language and cultures. The poems explore the lonely, vacant spaces created by these political, sexual and emotional transitions, and the failure of modern institutions to provide comfort.
Recommended Citation
Ramirez, Orlando Moises, "Zero days" (2011). Theses Digitization Project. 3904.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3904
