COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Weird Thumb: Dispatches From Florida
Creator:
Tattoli, Chantel
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Writing
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Writing
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
When I am out of country and people ask, Florida exactly is where? — I’ve noticed I have taken
to holding up my right hand. The tips of my fingers form the West Coast of the United States. My
depending thumb becomes the state of Florida. “Florida,” I have heard myself say, “is the weird
thumb of our nation.” In this collection of literary dispatches from my home state, I do not mean
to survey her encyclopedically. Weird Thumb participant-observes Florida a few scenes known to
the author, and documents these glimpses in a voice critical but emotionally resonant.
to holding up my right hand. The tips of my fingers form the West Coast of the United States. My
depending thumb becomes the state of Florida. “Florida,” I have heard myself say, “is the weird
thumb of our nation.” In this collection of literary dispatches from my home state, I do not mean
to survey her encyclopedically. Weird Thumb participant-observes Florida a few scenes known to
the author, and documents these glimpses in a voice critical but emotionally resonant.
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2013-06
Format:
PDF : 61 p.