Plays Well with Others

A collection of eleven short (and short-short) stories that examine loneliness, maturation, and place. “Inside” follows a young girl out of her house. “This New Home For Me” looks for ghosts inside a house. “All Good Things Come to an End” moves back and forth through a daughter’s memory. “Preventat...

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Other Authors: Mayo, Colleen (author)
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Published: Florida State University
Online Access:http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/2018_Sp_Mayo_fsu_0071N_14553
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spelling ndltd-fsu.edu-oai-fsu.digital.flvc.org-fsu_6547392020-06-01T03:07:01Z Plays Well with Others Mayo, Colleen (author) Winegardner, Mark, 1961- (professor directing thesis) Stuckey-French, Elizabeth (committee member) Horack, Skip (committee member) Florida State University (degree granting institution) College of Arts and Sciences (degree granting college) Program in Interdisciplinary Humanities (degree granting departmentdgg) Text text master thesis Florida State University English eng 1 online resource (109 pages) computer application/pdf A collection of eleven short (and short-short) stories that examine loneliness, maturation, and place. “Inside” follows a young girl out of her house. “This New Home For Me” looks for ghosts inside a house. “All Good Things Come to an End” moves back and forth through a daughter’s memory. “Preventative Maintenance” is about a man trying to make sense of fatherhood and the death of loved ones. Siblings board a cruise ship in “Ahead of the Curve”; a girl is sent away in “Waterside”. A woman tries to remedy past poor choices—and makes some new ones—in “Exposed”, and a man looks for company in nature in “Merman of the Springs”. In “Outside”, two friends catch-up. In “Winter’s Eve with Nowhere to Go”, a girl gets into trouble. “Love Husk” is a homecoming story. A Thesis submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts. Spring Semester 2018. March 5, 2018. Includes bibliographical references. Mark Winegardner, Professor Directing Thesis; Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Committee Member; Skip Horack, Committee Member. 2018_Sp_Mayo_fsu_0071N_14553 http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/2018_Sp_Mayo_fsu_0071N_14553 http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A654739/datastream/TN/view/Plays%20Well%20with%20Others.jpg
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description A collection of eleven short (and short-short) stories that examine loneliness, maturation, and place. “Inside” follows a young girl out of her house. “This New Home For Me” looks for ghosts inside a house. “All Good Things Come to an End” moves back and forth through a daughter’s memory. “Preventative Maintenance” is about a man trying to make sense of fatherhood and the death of loved ones. Siblings board a cruise ship in “Ahead of the Curve”; a girl is sent away in “Waterside”. A woman tries to remedy past poor choices—and makes some new ones—in “Exposed”, and a man looks for company in nature in “Merman of the Springs”. In “Outside”, two friends catch-up. In “Winter’s Eve with Nowhere to Go”, a girl gets into trouble. “Love Husk” is a homecoming story. === A Thesis submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts. === Spring Semester 2018. === March 5, 2018. === Includes bibliographical references. === Mark Winegardner, Professor Directing Thesis; Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Committee Member; Skip Horack, Committee Member.
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