Short Story Cycles

Short Story Cycles
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“A House of Gravel” is a short-story cycle exploring the relationships between a family of four and the hardships wrought by those relationships, as well as their own individual hardships. Partially, “A House of Gravel”...

The Sanctuary in Polish Hill, a short story cycle set in the late 1900s to 2008, surrounds a women’s shelter in Polish Hill, Pittsburgh, PA. Ruta Laksa, a second-generation Polish immigrant, moves to the neighborhood...

Abstract in French here. First paragraph: As became increasingly evident in the 1960s and beyond, female identity is fraught with conflicting role choices and continuing pressure to fulfill social expectations despite increased career demands. The...

(Abstract not available) from Davis, R. G. (2019) “Visions of a Homeland in Two Recent Chinese American Short Story Cycles: Andrea Louie’s Moon Cakes and Wang Ping’s American Visa”, Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos, (5). You...

This essay includes an analysis of my creative process original short story collection Go Your Own Way. A short story cycle is a collection of short stories that often contain the same characters or characters...

The first component of the thesis is a composite novel called Cult which falls into two parts with seven narratives in each. Part 1 tracks the protagonist, Ellen, from her first involvement with the cult...