A father and son shovel snow from a driveway; a boy accidentally sets himself on fire; two boys fish for bluegill; a young drag queen returns home to die.
Shaped by the author\'s experiences growing up in rural Indiana, Snider investigates the landscapes traditionally claimed.
The poems in Bruce Snider\'s Paradise, Indiana describe a place where mundane events neighbor the most harrowing.
At the center of it all, a teenage boy\'s suicide resonates through the lives of those closest to him.
A father and son shovel snow from a driveway; a boy accidentally sets himself on fire; two boys fish for bluegill; a young drag queen returns home to die