Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

Spring 3-26-2026

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

April 2026

Department

English

College Granting Degree

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Department Granting Degree

English

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Ayşe Papatya Bucak

Abstract

To Build a House is an experimental fiction collection about grief, inheritance, and the uneasy closeness of love and pain. Through fragmented, intimate narratives, it explores the lingering impact of a complicated father and the fragile structures his family builds to survive him and his loss.

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