University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers Graduate School 2021 End of an Animal Alyx Brittany Chandler University of Montana, Missoula Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Chandler, Alyx Brittany, "End of an Animal" (2021). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 11726. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11726 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. END OF AN ANIMAL By ALYX BRITTANY CHANDLER Bachelor of Arts in Communication & Information Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2016 Bachelor of Science in Commerce & Business Administration, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2016 Thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Poetry The University of Montana Missoula, MT May 2021 Approved by: Scott Whittenburg, Dean of The Graduate School Graduate School Keetje Kuipers, Chair Department of Creative Writing Sean Hill Department of Creative Writing Dr. Sara Hayden Department of Communication Studies Chandler, Alyx, M.F.A., Spring 2021 Creative Writing End of an Animal Chairperson: Keetje Kuipers Co-Chairpeople: Sean Hill, Sara Hayden End of an Animal explores the imagined and the contradictory realities of growing up in the South near the Gulf through lyrical poetics and uncompromising language.