Fellow Odd Fellow

<p>The poetry collection Fellow Odd Fellow by author Steve Riel is a deeply compassionate look at identity from childhood to present through the lens of gay culture and experience. Careful attention to language and sound makes Riel's unwavering descriptions melodic and lilting. Riel's gift is to unpack unfold smooth out one by one with his provocative verse boyhood guilt fragility dementia and AIDS. His poems process longing kept behind the fake door then stumble through the tunnel out of this galactic silence. From the dim closet of confession a poignant and touching honesty humor and imagination illuminate the beauty of embracing self.</p><p><br></p>