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ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5648-3326
Document Type
Campus Access
Degree Program
English
Degree Type
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Year Degree Awarded
2021
Month Degree Awarded
May
Keywords
Magical Realism, Historical Fiction, Robert Moses, Bugsy Seigel, Trainhoppping, Metafiction
DOI
https:/doi.org/10.7275/22489593
Abstract
Niagara is a work of magical realism, incorporating elements of historical and experimental fiction. The novel is inhabited by the problematic moguls and politicians who shaped American settlement, the burgeoning subculture of freight train hoppers that post their travels on the internet, and an author turned ghost who can no longer remember his past work.
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