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Abstract

A poetic interrogation of the limits of language, the relevance of mythical figures in modernity, the sexual becoming of young, mixed-race women in Western culture, and the sexual existence of their mothers. This collection uses the system of the Parisian metro to open up intersections of violence, consent, and consumption by imagining Persephone as the metro's bride.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1

The Turnstile………………………………………………………………………………...…………………………………………… 3

 

I.

Enter, Persephone……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5

Feral……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………. 6

Lure……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………. 7

Mouth…………………………………………………………………………...…………………………………………………………… 9

Amma……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10

Parler Pour……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11

Flour and Water………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 13

Fire…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…… 14

Late in the Monoprix……………………………………………………………………………………………………...………… 15

 

II.

La Petite Mort…………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………...…… 17

The Six…………………………………………………………………...…………………………………………………………...…… 18

The Paring Knife……………………………………….………………………………………………………………………...…… 20

A Seventh Story……………………………….………………………………………………………………..…………………...… 21

Lessons in Translation……………………………….………………………………………………………...………………...… 22

During the Manifestations……………………………….…………………………………………………………...………...… 26

Dothead………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...………...… 27

Feast………….………………………………………………………...……………………………………………………...………...… 28

Winter………….…………………………………………………………………………………...………………………...………...… 29

Zeus………….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...………...… 31

What Demeter Knows of the Myth…………………………………………..………………………………………………... 33

 

III.

Descent of Demeter……………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………... 35

Kavita……………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………..……... 37

Return……………………………………...……………………………………………………………………………....……………... 38

/aw/……………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………... 39

Kali……………………………………...…………………………………………………………………...……………………………... 40

The Station Madeleine……………………………………...……………………….……………………………………………... 41

Converse, Converse……………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………... 43

After……………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………….…... 45

Mothers do not bow to their Daughters even when they become Queen……………...……………………… 46

What I Ate……………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………... 47

What Burned Me……………………………………...………………………………………………………..……………………... 48

 

Annotated Bibliography……………………………………...…………………………………………………….……………… 49

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School	Emory College
Department	English and Creative Writing
Degree	B.A.
Submission	Honors Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Literature, English
Keyword	Poetry
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Robyn Schiff, Emory University
Committee Members	Marjorie Pak, Emory University Jericho Brown, Emory University

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