McDonough, Conner2017-06-212017-06-212014-05-15http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11868/72Snowdrifts is a collection of short stories centered around the residents of Upstate New York and their lives as they move about their worlds. Thematically, the collection focuses on loss, post-industrial decline, trauma, violence, and how these come together in a world that shrugs off the combination with ease.en-USShort storiesNew YorkPost-industrial declineViolenceTraumaLossUpstate New York (N.Y.)Thesis