The Starling's Song is now available for pre-order from Amazon & Kindle eBooks! In a similar vein as her award-winning book, The Weight of Snow, Bruce’s newest collection of poetry explores the themes of love, loss, and nature, both human and not. Written in its entirety during a twenty-eight day stay in a remote cabin in [...]
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“The Starling’s Song” (Poetry) COMING APRIL 1st
I'm so happy to announce that my third book and second collection of poetry will be released on April 1st! It will be available for pre-order on Amazon next week and will be available in print on Amazon and in ebook at all major ebook retailers. Here's the book's description and a sneak preview: In [...]
“Salt” Published in Common Ground Review’s Fall/Winter Anthology
Poem "Salt" included in Common Ground Review's Volume 12 issue 2, Fall/Winter 2015 Anthology. SALT There is a man at the far end of the garden, seated at a black wrought-iron table. Flecks of light move over his shoulders, passing between the narrow leaves of an olive tree. A gray cat waits nearby, shadowed [...]
“The Starling’s Song” Coming April 2016
Review of “The Weight of Snow” by Novel Idea Reviews
Buy this book here! Rating: ★★★★★ B.L. Bruce's use of words is absolutely beautiful in The Weight of Snow: New & Selected Poems. Each poem allows you to easily picture the beauty of nature as observed by the author. The collection of poems in this book are very unique and showcase the power of winter on the natural world [...]
Award-Winning Poetry Collection “The Weight of Snow” Coming September 1st from Smooth Stones Press
I'm elated to say that I recently signed a book deal for my debut poetry collection, "The Weight of Snow" with Smooth Stones Press! It will be available September 1st in hardback, then on October 1st for paperback and eBook. In 2014, "The Weight of Snow" won finalist in the poetry category of both the [...]
NEW RELEASE from Award-Winning Author B.L.Bruce “28 Days of Solitude” NOW AVAILABLE
ISBN (trade paperback): 978-0-9914503-4-3 ISBN (eBook): 978-0-9914503-3-6 Publication date: August 1, 2015 104 pages Black Swift Press B.L.BRUCE is a writer, graphic designer, and publisher from Santa Cruz, California. She holds a bachelor’s degree in literature and creative writing from UC Santa Cruz. Her work has appeared in dozens of anthologies, magazines, and literary publications, including The Sun [...]
POETRY REVIEWERS WANTED!
FREE advanced copy of Richard Rensberry’s The Wolf Pack Moon: Poems (Quick Turtle Books, 2015) in exchange for an honest review! The lion’s share of the poems contained in this book was written under the influence of the wolf pack moon during the months of January and February of 2015. This is the name of the winter moon as given [...]
“Forbearance” published in issue 30 of Damselfly Press
Below is an excerpt from my latest publication in Damselfly Press‘s issue 30 My poem titled “Forbearance” is set to appear in my next collection, The Starling’s Song (Black Swift Press, 2015) FORBEARANCE When the morning is darkest we are roused by the birds in the plum tree. I pull him from the bed, beg him accompany me [...]
Praise for Award-Winning Poetry Collection “The Weight of Snow”
2014 International Book Awards Finalist in the Poetry Category 2014 San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention, Poetry Category 2014 USA Best Book Awards “Poetry” Category Finalist Featured on the USA Book News’s 2014 USA Best Book Awards Website PAPERBACK AVAILABLE ON AMAZON $8.99 eBOOK AVAILABLE ON AMAZON, GOOGLE PLAY, iTUNES, BARNES & NOBLE, OMNILIT, AND KOBO $2.99 * * [...]
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