Paradise, Indiana Poems |
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| Author:
| Snider, Bruce |
| Series title: | Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Series Award Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8071-4551-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Publisher: | Pleiades Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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Shaped by the author's experiences growing up in rural Indiana, Snider investigates the landscapes traditionally claimed by male poets such as James Wright, James Dickey and Richard Hugo, whose visions of place rarely, if ever, included the presence of gays and lesbians. Paradise, Indiana envisions a seldom recorded rural America, one where everything exists side by side: the county fair and an abandoned small town gay bar, farmers and cross-dressers, death and hope, beauty and despair.
Shaped by the author's experiences growing up in rural Indiana, Snider investigates the landscapes traditionally claimed by male poets such as James Wright, James Dickey and Richard Hugo, whose visions of place rarely, if ever, included the presence of gays and lesbians. Paradise, Indiana envisions a seldom recorded rural America, one where everything exists side by side: the county fair and an abandoned small town gay bar, farmers and cross-dressers, death and hope, beauty and despair.