The Waste Land and Other Poems

(Canarium Books) The title of this collection and the title poem refer to T.S. Eliot’s masterpiece. In his poems, Beer, described as associative and imaginative, writes about the “muck” that exists in our culture and discusses the interplay between past, present, and future. Beer is a theater columnist for Time Out Chicago.

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The February 2026 cover of PAW, featuring a photo of Joseph Nye.
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