English Language and Literature ETDs
Publication Date
Spring 5-11-2024
Abstract
This dissertation is a collection of poems in which the narrator aims to answer the question, “When did I learn to accept violence?” The collection investigates the narrator’s upbringing in Ciudad Juárez during the height of the disappearance of women and femicides, her imminent migration to Albuquerque to escape violence, and details the narrator’s survival from her own abusive marriage. This dissertation is a fragmented investigation with poems that center on themes of violence, generational trauma, memory, love, family, healing and survival.
Degree Name
MFA Creative Writing
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
English
First Committee Member (Chair)
Lisa D. Chavez
Second Committee Member
Gregory Martin
Third Committee Member
Daniel Mueller
Fourth Committee Member
Natalie Scenters-Zapico
Language
English
Keywords
poetry, ciudad juarez, las vegas, domestic violence, albuquerque
Document Type
Dissertation
Recommended Citation
Olmos Ontiveros, Evelyn G.. "Outside the Little Neon Chapel." (2024). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/engl_etds/373
