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Snider, Clifton Mark was born on March 3, 1947 in Duluth. Son of Allan George and Rhoda Marion (Tout) Snider.
("The Stuff That Dreams Are Made On is a clear, straightfo...)
"The Stuff That Dreams Are Made On is a clear, straightforward treatment- free of academic and psychoanalytic jargon- of Jungian literary criticism. Snider's introduction is not only a firstrate exposition of Jungian literary theory, but a lucid explanation of Jungian psychology as well. Particularly valuable is his chapter on Carson McCullers. All in all, a solid piece of critical work." -David Peck, professor of English and American Studies, author of Novels of Initiation
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(Based on a true story, Wrestling with Angels is a novel a...)
Based on a true story, Wrestling with Angels is a novel about two gay Pentecostal preacher's sons, one of whom disappears under ominous circumstances. Darren is a rebel who comes late to salvation; Brandon is a model preacher's kid until he comes out at eighteen and does virtually everything Darren had done and then some. Although Darren marries briefly and unhappily, he also comes out, yet unlike Brandon he hides his gay identity from their parents. The brothers become friends, but soon Darren disappears. The novel is a tale of competition and reconciliation, guilt and redemption, spiritual loss and gain.
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(Set in the 1960s and 70s, Bare Roots is a coming of age/c...)
Set in the 1960s and 70s, Bare Roots is a coming of age/coming out novel about a sensitive, intelligent boy, Justin Crystal, up to the age of nineteen. Justin´s whole life is a cycle of anticipation, fulfillment and disappointment, joy and agony, as he struggles to find out and accept who he is.When Justin is seven, his father asks his mother, Harriet, for a divorce. Not long afterwards, Justin and Harriet move from Wisconsin to Southern California, where Justin is surrounded by adult women: his mother, his grandmother, and his grandaunt. Eventually mother and son move to Long Beach, where Harriet has a job and meets Gerald, also divorced, whom she marries after dating a long time. Although Gerald becomes Justin´s stepfather, Gerald never accepts the role of father for Justin.Throughout his life, Justin has a series of close male friends, from whom he is separated for one reason or another. With each of these friends he shares a private world, but as an only child, he learns to live in his own fantasy world, reading books, listening to records, particularly the Beatles, and playing the piano. Fundamentalist Christian religion becomes an important influence. It provides a few social outlets and a Biblical education, but also it creates a lot of guilt, frustration, and confusion, especially about sex.Justin vacillates between desires for both sexes, but when he moves away to Southern California Baptist College, in San Diego, he has a passionate but chaotic affair with his roommate, Russ. Despite their intense relationship and potentially destructive environment, they are lovers throughout the school year till both are injured in a motorcycle accident. While he is in the hospital, Justin discovers Russ has apparently taken up with another young man. When he returns to his Long Beach home, Justin attempts suicide while his mother is in the hospital having a baby.The events of the novel are those Justin imagines as he swallows sleeping pills and Valium. While characters´ thoughts are freely given, especially those of Justin and Harriet, the reader never knows for sure if these are the actual thoughts or only those Justin, or the narrator, imagines. What the novel reveals are the roots of a young life, as it were, laid bare and, like roses planted with bare roots, ready to grow.
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Snider, Clifton Mark was born on March 3, 1947 in Duluth. Son of Allan George and Rhoda Marion (Tout) Snider.
Bachelor, California State University, Long Beach, 1969. Master of Arts, California State University, Long Beach, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, University New Mexico, 1974.
Lecturer English California State University, 1974—2009, emeritus lecturer. Instructor English Long Beach City College, 1975—2002.
(Set in the 1960s and 70s, Bare Roots is a coming of age/c...)
(Based on a true story, Wrestling with Angels is a novel a...)
("The Stuff That Dreams Are Made On is a clear, straightfo...)
(Book by Snider, Clifton)
Former officer steering committee Long Beach Lambda Democratic Club. Member of American Association of University Professors, Los Angeles County Museum Art, Autry Center, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association International.