We'd Love to Have You on our Show

Author

Alicia Denai Aiken

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Hagenston, Becky

Committee Member

Vice, Brad

Committee Member

Lyons, Richard

Date of Degree

5-13-2006

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

English

Degree Name

Master of Arts

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of English

Abstract

We'd Love to Have You on Our Show is a collection of short fiction preceded by a critical introduction. The stories share a thematic bond in that that all of the protagonists are either obsessed with or could be guests on talk shows. The introduction, "The Meaning of Yearning" explores how Robert Olen Butler and Denis Johnson have influenced me as a young writer attempting to write interconnected, character-driven stories. The introduction begins by chronologically showing how I wrote and then how I changed from workshops to writing this thesis, and it concludes by examining character, theme, and humor throughout Butler's, Johnson's, and my own stories.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/16994

Recommended Citation

Aiken, Alicia Denai, "We'd Love to Have You on our Show" (2006). Theses and Dissertations. 5002.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/5002