Publication Date
5-2024
Date of Final Oral Examination (Defense)
3-8-2024
Type of Culminating Activity
Thesis
Degree Title
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Department Filter
Theatre Arts
Department
Theatre, Film, and Creative Writing
Supervisory Committee Chair
Anna Caritj, M.F.A.
Supervisory Committee Member
Nicole Cullen, M.F.A.
Supervisory Committee Member
Mitchell Wieland, M.F.A.
Abstract
These novel pages follow Dani, a twenty-seven-year-old middle school teacher whose life is uprooted when her high school best friend Gia—now a famous YouTuber—reappears, seeking refuge from her abusive, highly public marriage. As Dani finds herself pulled into Gia's online world, the key witness in a trial by social media, she struggles to make peace with her own buried past, as well as the devastating role Gia played in it. The novel explores a wide range of complicated relationships, both mended and torn apart at the hands of our modern Internet era, and asks: can we really forgive in a world where the truth feels both instantly accessible and farther away than ever? These pages represent approximately the first half of a full draft, which I hope to send out to literary agents upon completion.
Recommended Citation
Phillips, Hannah Lucille, "Thanks for Watching" (2024). Boise State University Theses and Dissertations. 2190.
https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/2190
