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McDonough, John, author Altschul, Andrew, advisor Levy, E. J., committee member Khrebtan-Hoerhager, Julia, committee member 2016-08-18T23:10:06Z 2018-08-17T06:30:24Z 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/10217/176620 https://doi.org/10.25675/3.018840 This collection of stories, written over the past three years, is concerned with the way relationships (with an emphasis on the platonic, but also including sexual, familial, and professional) shape an individual's self conception. Alternating between the stories of Katie (a twenty-seven-year-old nanny) and Johnny (a twenty-nine-year-old bar worker), these two young Chicagoans come of age in the way so many do—by confronting personal loss, professional disappointment, and the ever-shifting definitions of what it means to be a person in the twenty- first century. As Katie takes steps towards restarting her life on the opposite side of the country, Johnny struggles to understand the implications of living as a privileged white person in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood. Via their relationships with the people that surround them, these characters grow and change, facing down their pasts and moving closer to their futures. born digital masters theses English eng Colorado State University. Libraries 2000-2019 Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright. Access is limited to the Colorado State University community only. Small bits of color: stories Text 2018-08-17 2018-08-17 This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights (https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/). You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Masters English Colorado State University restricted