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ALL the PLACE YOU've GOT by Caryn Suhr a Thesis Submitted To $//7+(3/$&(<28¶9(*27 by Caryn Suhr A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Fine Arts Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida May 2014 ABSTRACT Author: Caryn Suhr Title: AlOWKH3ODFH<RX¶YH*RW Institution: Florida Atlantic University Thesis Advisor: A. Papatya Bucak Degree: Master of Fine Arts Year: 2014 $OOWKH3ODFH<RX¶YH*RW is a collection of short stories inspired by and set in the DXWKRU¶VKRPHWRZQRI:DUQHU5RELQV*HRUJLDThis is a work of fiction. Names, places, RFFXUUHQFHVDQGFKDUDFWHUVDUHHLWKHUDSURGXFWRIWKHDXWKRU¶VLPDJLQDWLRQRUXVHGLQD fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. 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