Desert Ice
"Desert Ice" brings us fiction at the ever-moving edge of who we are today — as we work to invent care and to survive the perilous and deceptive adventures of love and family. Sometimes we ice skate in the desert just full of hope as the past slides into the future. Jay Boyer's stories ring with offhand wisdom and fresh drama — and a wondering and abundant affection.
Bio
Jay Boyer is a professor emeritus of English at Arizona State University.
Praise for this book
Exploring the nuances of family life, Boyer writes with searing intelligence. His stories roar with emotional power, but it's the quiet, probing intensity of characters trying to locate their place in the world, trying to give voice to their deepest fears and desires, trying to uncover as well as sustain intimate bonds where Boyer proves himself to be the master storyteller. 'Desert Ice' is a book of our time — to be read and reread.
Jewell Parker Rhodes Author of "Ninth Ward"
The technical execution in these inter-related stories is masterful and breathtaking. J. Boyer's look at love and marriage, at family, haunts beautifully throughout, and the wisdom which courses through these pages enriches the soul. These are stories for those who know: in the lives of others, we see best and recognize, come to know, our own humanity. J. Boyer's treatment of humanity in 'Desert Ice' is both sorrowful and magical. A work of grace."
T.M. McNally Author of "The Goat Bridge"
