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Title
ORCID
N/A
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Program
English
Degree Type
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Year Degree Awarded
2018
Month Degree Awarded
September
Keywords
southwest, novella, violence, fiction, poverty, prose
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/12617643
Abstract
Racing Fire to the River is a novella about a poverty-stricken community in the Southwest navigating hardship, violence, and the tantalizing mania of an unclaimed lottery ticket jackpot.