Debra Bruce has written four poetry collections: Pure Daughter (1983), Sudden Hunger (1987), which won the Carl Sandburg Award from the Chicago Public Library, What Wind Will Do (1997), and Survivors’ Picnic (2012). Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals including the Atlantic, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Virginia Quarterly Review, Cincinnati Review, Mezzo Cammin, Measure, Salamander, and Women’s Studies Quarterly. She has received support and recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council, the Poetry Society of America, and Poetry magazine. Born in Albany, New York, Bruce is professor emeritus at Northeastern Illinois University and is based in Chicago.
Bio information sourced from Poetry Foundation.