Date of Award
5-2025
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School
Humanities
Committee Chair
Olivia Clare Friedman
Committee Chair School
Humanities
Committee Member 2
Joshua Bernstein
Committee Member 2 School
Humanities
Committee Member 3
Monika Gehlawat
Committee Member 3 School
Humanities
Committee Member 4
Charles Sumner
Committee Member 4 School
Humanities
Abstract
The Aching and Other Stories is a collection of ten stories about girls and women navigating grief, friendship, illness, motherhood, disappointment, danger, and displacement. Sometimes these displacements are physical: traveling abroad, moving back home, or even having one’s house unwillingly relocated. These displacements can also be emotional: tangled in a foreign language, confronting mortality, or stumbling between adolescence and adulthood. The Aching and Other Stories balances sorrow with humor, connects character with place, and conjures sharp, surprising imagery.
Copyright
Keri Miller, 2025
Recommended Citation
Miller, Keri, "The Aching and Other Stories" (2025). Dissertations. 2324.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/2324