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West Virginia Toughman Contest

The Appalachian Fighter as Rhetorical Strategy

February 23, 2018 Leave a Comment

Long before I was a first-generation college student or Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, I was the son of a full-time West Virginia coal miner and part-time boxing coach, Mike “Lo” Snyder. For a short period of time, my father was one of the most respected boxing trainers in the state. For just over 40 […]

Interview with Tim Wheeler (WV Series)

February 5, 2018 2 Comments

We are now less than a month away from the opening bell. With the March 1st release date of “12 Rounds in Lo’s Gym: Boxing and Manhood in Appalachia” just around the corner, I have invited a few key characters to the blog so that you can become familiar with their stories before reading the […]

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Todd D. Snyder, Author
Associate Professor of English
Siena College
Loudonville, N.Y.
tdsnyder@siena.edu

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