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Bruce Pemberton

Palouse, Washington

Bruce Pemberton is a retired high-school English teacher and Gulf War veteran. His work has been anthologized in In Tahoma’s Shadow: Poems from the City of Destiny (2009) and Spokane Writes (2018). Recent poems have appeared in journals such as American Life in Poetry, Foliate Oak, Ocotillo Review, Thimble, and Third Wednesday, among others. He lives in Palouse, Washington.

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Autumn 2017