Northern Michigan University NMU Commons All NMU Master's Theses Student Works 5-2015 All Feathers and Attitude Virginia MacDonald Northern Michigan University,
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[email protected]. ALL FEATHERS AND ATTITUDE By Virginia A. MacDonald THESIS Submitted to Northern Michigan University In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of MASTER OF FINE ARTS Office of Graduate Education and Research April 2015 SIGNATURE APPROVAL FORM Title of Thesis: ALL FEATHERS AND ATTITUDE This thesis by Virginia A. MacDonald is recommended for approval by the student’s Thesis Committee and Faculty Chair in the Department of English and by the Assistant Provost of Graduate Education and Research. ________________________________________________________________ Committee Chair: Matt Frank Date ________________________________________________________________ First Reader: Daniel Gocella Date ________________________________________________________________ Second Reader: Jon Billman Date _________________________________________________________________ Faculty Chair: Dr. Robert Whalen Date ________________________________________________________________ Dr. Brian D. Cherry Date Assistant Provost of Graduate Education and Research ABSTRACT ALL FEATHERS AND ATTITUDE By Virginia A. MacDonald This collection of essays and prose poems seeks to examine the elements of an identity: how memories, culture, work, place, family, and brain chemistry simultaneously create and undermine a sense of self.