Bruce E. Whitacre

Good Housekeeping, Poets Wear Prada, is a BookLife Reviews Editors

Pick. The Elk in the Glade: The World of Pioneer and Painter Jennie

Hicks, was also a BookLife Reviews Editors Pick and placed 2nd in

Contemporary Poetry at The BookFest Spring 2023. His crown sonnet

about the culture of violence won the Nebraska Poetry Society’s 2023

Open Poetry Contest. His poem “Garuda in Forest Park” is part of the

2024 edition of the Queensbound project that matches poems with subway

stops. His poems have appeared in many anthologies and over thirty

five journals. “Leave Meeting” was a sample poem in Diane Lockward’s

craft book, The Strategic Poet, Terrapin Books, 2021. He has been

nominated for Pushcart and Best of the Net. A Nebraska native and a

former theatre executive, he lives with his husband in Queens, NY.