Year of Award
2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Degree Name
Creative Writing (Poetry)
Department or School/College
Department of English
Committee Chair
Sean Hill
Commitee Members
Kathleen Kane, Amy Ratto-Parks, Keetje Kuipers
Keywords
Queer Ecology, Petromodernity, Mental Health, Poetry, Gay Coming-of-Age
Publisher
University of Montana
Subject Categories
Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority | Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Poetry | Social History
Abstract
I thought I could be ridden hard and put away wet, wet, wet. I thought death and rape and drunkenness and unrequited love were functions of a typical life, a this-is-how-it-goes kinda world. But, as I’ve emerged from hellish muck, there has been a realization: the way we treat each other and the soil, the aching earth, needs to change. “A Personal History of Invasive Hands and Endangered Lovers” explores the relationship between intimacy and pain through a history of ecology and consumption, a melancholy of sorts. It amplifies trauma as a call-to-action and refuses to sit and take it. Although full of fracking and forest fires and sex, this collection doesn’t fail to find the small, soft moments humanity will lose if it continues to not be careful. I view the collection as a light shot from a flare gun in the middle of the Atlantic’s belly. Best read with a glass of local booze or hot blunt or on top of a mountain.
Recommended Citation
Boudreau, Samuel Paul, "A Personal History of Invasive Hands and Endangered Lovers" (2021). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 11741.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11741
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