Jeffery Beam is the author of numerous works of poetry and songs. His work was surveyed in Greenwood Press' Contemporary Gay American Poets and Playwrights: An A-Z Guide, Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States, and Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Queer America Today Encyclopedia. He is currently at work on a number of projects including a song cycle with Steven Serpa inspired by Benjamin Britten's "Six Metamorphoses after Ovid." Beam's work has appeared in many publications including The Advocate, The American Book Review, The Christian Science Monitor, Contempor...