Date of Graduation
Spring 2026
Degree
Master of Arts in English
Department
English
Committee Chair
Sara Burge
Abstract
Bad Penny, a collection of poetry, explores social transaction and capital. It calls into question the way we, as artists, are required to commodify and produce ourselves for career gain. Poems in this collection question the industrial desire for identity poetics and its effect on poets’ performance of identity. It also explores the way social exchanges exist as an ecosystem of debt.
Keywords
poetry, transaction, commodity, identity, debt
Subject Categories
Poetry
Copyright
© Morgan Tinin
Recommended Citation
Tinin, Morgan, "Bad Penny" (2026). Graduate Theses/Dissertations. 4183.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/4183
