Deep Shrimp

Date of Award

Winter 2024

Project Type

Thesis

Program or Major

Writing

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts

First Advisor

Ann J Williams

Second Advisor

Thomas Payne

Third Advisor

Krista L Jackman

Abstract

Deep Shrimp is a collection of stories about insecure people seeking validation; they wonder, are they worthy of being loved? How does a best man give away the groom, his best friend, on the day of his wedding? How can a mother navigate her immigrant husband’s cultural quirkiness for her third culture children? How does a young man, too afraid to say “I love you” stop asking his female friends to make babies? The 11 short stories and 5 flash fictions poignantly traverse the borderlines of family and friendship, romance and the platonic, and the love we have inside of ourselves. The title story, Deep Shrimp, dives deep, as the narrator needs to break things off with a long-term girlfriend to avoid a marriage and a life he doesn’t want. His journey for confidence, which includes an upbeat but underappreciated lab technician and her troupe of snapping shrimp, is one of many that reflect the author’s struggles and hopes to live life with joy.

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