Year of Award
2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Degree Name
Creative Writing (Fiction)
Department or School/College
Department of English
Committee Chair
Maxim Loskutov
Commitee Members
Emily Ruskovich, Ione Crummy, Peter McDonough
Keywords
climate fiction, science fiction, Anthropocene, apocalypse
Subject Categories
Disability Studies | Environmental Sciences | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Fiction | Literature in English, North America
Abstract
In the year 2046, bacteria strain B. bibitor has rendered all petroleum hydrocarbon compounds unrefinable. Paramedic Amanda Bailey finds hope in the resilience of humanity but struggles when she learns the powers that be would rather concentrate their efforts on fighting B. bibitor—restoring infected hydrocarbons to their previously refinable (and profitable) nature—rather than investing in already-developed clean firm energies and renewable material manufacture.
Recommended Citation
Powell, Anna Kate, "Alive for the Wake" (2025). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 12537.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/12537
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