Debra Bruce

Debra Bruce is the author of three books of poetry, Pure Daughter, Sudden Hunger, and most recently, What Wind Will Do. Her poems have appeared in such journals as The American Poetry Review, The North American Review, Poetry, and The Virginia Quarterly Review, and she has received grants in writing from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois Arts Council. She is Associate Professor of English at Northeastern Illinois University.

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25th Annual Literary Festival

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