Abstract

In the short stories of In the Call Center at the Navel of the World, life's daily routines play out in universes almost like our own. An author steals stories from the dead, a teenager argues with God inside a whale, narrative clichés take over the lives of young urbanites, and the Oracle of Delphi negotiates 2500 years of toxic office culture. At turns absurd and philosophical, lyrical and strange, these stories explore the reality of the human condition by starting somewhere just slightly unreal.

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Graduation Date

2021

Semester

Fall

Advisor

Wolff, Jacob

Degree

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

College

College of Arts and Humanities

Department

English

Degree Program

Creative Writing

Identifier

CFE0009299; DP0026903

URL

https://purls.library.ucf.edu/go/DP0026903

Language

English

Release Date

June 2027

Length of Campus-only Access

5 years

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Campus-only Access)

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