Novels
In 2000-2001 Snider published in rapid succession three novels he had written in the 1980s: Loud Whisper, Bare Roots, and Wrestling with Angels: A Tale of Two Brothers. All were well-received by the critics in journals such as the International Gay and Lesbian Review, Sexuality and Culture: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, and Chiron Review. The latter two novels are autobiographical stories about the coming of age and coming out of sensitive young men with deep Christian fundamentalist roots. Loud Whisper chronicles the frontman for an 80's rock band who, drunk and drugged out, falls from stage during a concert and becomes paralyzed. As always, Snider is concerned with spiritual decline and revitalization. Through the eyes of the frontman, Adam, his band members, his male and female lovers, and a journalist doing a story on him, Adam's spiritual and physical struggles unfold.
A long-time lecturer at Cal State Long Beach, Snider retired in 2009 and is currently collaborating with the independent film company, Iconoclastic Films, on an adaptation of his novel, Loud Whisper. He lives with his longtime partner, Mario Hernandez, and continues to write poetry, fiction, and criticism. His full curriculum vitae is available on his own university web site.
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