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[email protected]. TRAVEL SIZED: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS A thesis submitted to the Graduate College of Marshall University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English by Wendi L. Kozma Approved by Dr. Rachael Peckham, Ph.D., Committee Chair Dr. Laura Diener, Ph.D. Professor John Van Kirk Marshall University May, 2014 Kozma ii For my family and dearest friends, you are my heart, what makes me me Kozma iii Table of Contents Dedication……………………………………………………………………………….ii Table of Contents………………………………………………………………………..iii Abstract………………………………………………………………………………….iv Navigating the Comfort Zone: Memory and the Body in the Personal Essay………….1 Size Is Relative…………………………………………………………………………..15 A Flight of What Ifs……………………………………………………………………..29 Have Shoes, Will Travel…………………………………………………………………45 Bucket List Blues………………………………………………………………………..59 So Long, Sanibel…………………………………………………………………………72 Nestled Inn……………………………………………………………………………….86 The Florentine Gaze…………………………………………………………………….104 The Hen Party…………………………………………………………………………..119 Appendix……………………………………………………………………………….133 Works Cited……………………………………………………………………………134 Kozma iv Abstract Travel Sized: A Collection of Essays investigates the importance of memory and understanding the self in relation to one’s experiences with travel and food.