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SUMMARY:Visiting Author - Bruce E. Whitacre - Good Housekeeping
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, September 12th as we welcome back poet Bruce E. Whitacre to Francie & Finch Bookshop to read from his new book Good Housekeeping!\nTo order your copy go to the link HERE!\nAbout the Book:\nThe contradictions of privilege and want\, the dynamics of gay marriage\, the joy of a good cocktail – all enter the mix as these 31 poems explore home\, marriage\, travel\, war\, sensuality\, tea\, and\, yes\, housekeeping. Selected as an Editor’s Pick by BookLife Reviews\, Good Housekeeping includes “The Foldout Couch\,” which was nominated for a 2024 Pushcart Prize. Some poems have appeared in The Journal of American Poetry\, The Mandarin Magazine\, and World Literature Today\, among other places. \nMainstream audiences\, LGBTQA+\, and readers who are interested in social justice and climate issues will enjoy these poems. Comparative titles include Carolyn Forch ‘s In the Lateness of the World and Mark Wunderlich’s God of Nothingness. \nAbout the Author:\nGood Housekeeping is forthcoming in 2024 from Poets Wear Prada and is a BookLife Reviews Editors Pick. Bruce E. Whitacre’s debut collection\, The Elk in the Glade: The World of Pioneer and Painter Jennie Hicks\, was also a BookLife Reviews Editors Pick and Indy Spotlight. It placed 2nd in Contemporary Poetry at The BookFest Spring 2023 and was a Finalist in Narrative Poetry in the American BookFest Best Book Awards 2023. Publications include The American Journal of Poetry\, World Literature Today\, Life and Legends\, The Mandarin\, Nine Cloud Journal. Published in anthologies from Southern Arizona Press (Castles and Courtyards\, 2023\, and The Wonders of Winter\, 2022) and Milk and Cake Press (I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe\, 2021). “Leave Meeting” was a sample poem in Diane Lockward’s craft book\, The Strategic Poet\, Terrapin Books\, 2021. He has garnished nominations for Pushcart and Best of the Net. A Nebraska native\, he lives with his husband in Queens\, NY. \nPrior to devoting full-time to writing\, his management career included executive positions in public accounting\, publishing\, international economic development\, banking\, and theatre. \n 
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LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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