Columbus in the New World

Selected poems from over three decades by a well-respected author.

Selected Poems - For more than 35 years, Dale Boyer has written poems that embody a lifetime of searching and exploration. From forging a sense of identity as a gay man in the midst of the AIDS crisis (Columbus in the New World), evaluating and reimagining religion (New Testament), and coping with the loss of his parents (After), Boyer's poems are quiet, intense little beachheads of understanding. His work spans both the 20th and 21st centuries, with all their themes of love and loss. These are poems of continual journeying and questioning, but also, in the end, of arrival and acceptance.

Dale Boyer is the author of a novel (The Dandelion Cloud), a short story collection (Thornton Stories), and a children's book (Justin and the Magic Stone, with artwork by Dan Holder). He attended Blackburn College (B.A.), The University of Wisconsin-Madison (M.A), and Vermont College (M.F.A). His reviews have appeared regularly for many years in The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide. He is originally from Moline, Illinois, but currently lives in Chicago with his husband, Scot O'Hara. Visit him at www.DaleBoyerWorks.com.