University of Texas at El Paso DigitalCommons@UTEP Open Access Theses & Dissertations 2018-01-01 At Night My Body Waits Saul Hernandez University of Texas at El Paso,
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[email protected]. AT NIGHT MY BODY WAITS SAUL HERNANDEZ Master’s Program in Creative Writing APPROVED: Rosa Alcalá, Ph.D., Chair Sasha Pimentel, M. F. A. Jaime Armin Mejía, Ph.D. Charles Ambler, Ph.D. Dean of the Graduate School Copyright © by Saul Hernandez 2018 AT NIGHT MY BODY WAITS by Saul Hernandez Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at El Paso in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF FINE ARTS Department of Creative Writing THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO May 2018 Preface INTRODUCTION Growing up and being labeled as an at-risk student of color in a predominately low- income neighborhood in San Antonio, Texas by my teachers, with undocumented parents, while being a closeted gay man, who was also a Jehovah’s Witness for 18 years, I can say it has been a winding road to adulthood.