Publication Date
5-2019
Date of Final Oral Examination (Defense)
3-8-2019
Type of Culminating Activity
Thesis
Degree Title
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Department
Theatre Arts
Supervisory Committee Chair
Brady Udall, M.F.A.
Supervisory Committee Member
Mitch Wieland, M.F.A.
Supervisory Committee Member
Joy Williams, M.F.A.
Abstract
The Roxy Letters is a comedic written in letters from Roxy—an undersexed, underemployed, well-educated, and verbose twenty-something working at the deli of the flagship Whole Foods in Austin, TX—to her ex-boyfriend Everett who is living with her, but is failing to pay rent while succeeding in totally ruining her mojo!
As Roxy struggles to raise herself from her artistic, romantic, and employment slumps, she finds a new best friend in Artemis, who is a burlesque dancing, girl goddess, and huntress of men. Roxy battles with the meth heads who live next door; reluctantly tries out a sex cult focused on "Orgasmic Meditation"; and works to drive out a corporate store selling $100 yoga tights she believes is taking the gentrification of her beloved city too far.
DOI
10.18122/td/1532/boisestate
Recommended Citation
Lowry, Mary Pauline, "The Roxy Letters" (2019). Boise State University Theses and Dissertations. 1532.
10.18122/td/1532/boisestate