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Date of Award
6-2014
Document Type
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Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Department
English
First Reader/Committee Chair
May-lee Chai
Abstract
This project is a collection of interconnected short stories all based in the Los Angeles area. Each story is able to stand on its own as a short piece, but ultimately plays a larger role of possessing a relationship with those that come before and after it. The collection is broken into three segments, each segment possessing its own theme. And while each segment, and the stories within each segment, flourishes with the theme they are placed in, each and every story still interconnects with each other in order to produce the framework of the book entirely; that being the story of two young lovers: “Leslie,” and “Thomás.” These two characters that I have produced are at the basis of this project. Their stories are peppered throughout the collection in order to better convey the sporadic nature of their relationship.
Recommended Citation
Garcia, Ryan James, "You Have Never Been Here Before" (2014). Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations. 80.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/80