What We Want is Hard to Find

The stories collected here capture the lives of several characters who share in common their attachment to a rural Midwestern town, as well as a desire to leave. Given few opportunities to experience the world in the way that they wish, they resort to drug abuse, self-destructive behavior, and small resistances in order to escape, at least in their minds, the physical place they believe to be their curse.

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ScholarWorks @ The University of New Orleans (The University of New Orleans)
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2025-05-01
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Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
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What We Want is Hard to Find

ScholarWorks @ The University of New Orleans (The University of New Orleans)
Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
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What We Want is Hard to Find

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Abstract

The stories collected here capture the lives of several characters who share in common their attachment to a rural Midwestern town, as well as a desire to leave. Given few opportunities to experience the world in the way that they wish, they resort to drug abuse, self-destructive behavior, and small resistances in order to escape, at least in their minds, the physical place they believe to be their curse.

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