Masad is a masterful storyteller who offers complex, dynamic characters that continue to surprise us until the very end. University of Nebraska, 2019 Advisor: Timothy Schaffert This critical component of the creative thesis All My Mother’s Lovers explores the question of fiction writers’ responsibility to themselves, their work, and their readers in the age of social media and easy access of readers to writers and vice versa. "All My Mother's Lovers" is a wholly unique exploration of identity, sexuality and the all-consuming power of love. The men Maggie meets challenge her to see Iris not only as her flawed mother, but also as a human being filled with her own complex emotions and desires. Unfolding over the course of nine days, and written with enormous heart, All My Mother's Lovers is a meditation on the universality and particularity of family ties, grief, and generational divides, as well as a tender and biting portrait of sex, gender, and identity. Maggie's relationship with Iris had always been strained, in part due to Iris's inability to accept Maggie's sexuality. The letters are addressed to five men that Maggie has never once heard Iris mention.ĭesperate to find out who these men could possibly be, Maggie leaves behind her grieving father and brother (as well as her new girlfriend with whom she is falling madly in love) and embarks on a quest to hand-deliver each letter.Īlong her journey, Maggie learns she knew far less about both her mother and her father than she ever thought possible. After the unexpected death of her mother, Iris, 27-year-old Maggie discovers five letters tucked into Iris's will.
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