Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Major/Program
Creative Writing
First Advisor's Name
Dan Wakefield
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Les Standiford
Third Advisor's Name
Meri-Jane Rochelson
Date of Defense
3-2-2006
Abstract
Mating Call is a memoir set in the Pacific Northwest during the 1990s, in what Spin Magazine calls "Seattle's Golden Age." The story begins with my arrival in the West and a self-inflicted broken heart, a relationship I had severed due to "missing pieces." The quest is to find these pieces, and throughout the search the memoir analyzes love and relationships for Generation X. The quest takes seven years, during which the narrative explores Seattle's breweries and bedrooms, and the Northwest's rainforests and volcanoes, all the while investigating interpersonal chemistry, sex, and friendship. For all the searching, the missing pieces are actually discovered by accident, when happenstance deals my heart a second blow; the quest is over, and I return East.
Identifier
FI14060866
Recommended Citation
Cohen, Andrew, "Mating call" (2006). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2399.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2399
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