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To order inscribed, signed copies of Bruce E. Whitacre’s newest book, Good Housekeeping,Poets Wear Prada, click HERE!
Urgent, moving poems about home, consumerism, and love. —Publishers Weekly BookLife, Editor’s Pick 2024
And keep in mind…the exciting journey of The Elk in the Glade: The World of Pioneer and Painter Jennie Hicks.
The Elk in the Glade: The World of Pioneer and Painter Jennie Hicks named Publishers Weekly BookLife Editors Pick and Indy Spotlight. Here is an excerpt of their review, and more praise for The Elk in the Glade.
“Side by side with the paintings, Whitacre’s book serves as a deeply personal yet relatable account of one woman’s life and turn-of-the-century lifestyle—and clearly demonstrates why this talented painter and pioneer stands as someone to remember.” BookLife
And from an Amazon reader review:
“I don't mean to flatter him, but this writing is very much in the American vein, W.C. Williams, Cather, Edgar Lee Masters, Sandburg. Jennie Hicks would be proud, I'm sure -- although discomfited to find herself the center of strangers' attention.” Michael Redmond
“The Elk in the Glade is Bruce Whitacre’s tribute to them all. It is a lovely and delightful read that brings the America of pioneers and homesteaders alive.” — Charles Rammelkamp, Compulsive Reader
"Bruce E. Whitacre's ability to capture this support network and the extraordinary efforts of Jennie Hicks in a manner that reaches beyond the usual literary or arts reader makes her story appealing to a much wider audience.” — Diane Donovan, The Midwest Book Review.
“Whitacre ends his book with an encouraging image of relationships and shared memories and I wonder if this is why so many of us find family history so enthralling. Our links to the past can tell us everything about what we ourselves will eventually leave behind.” —Benjamin Schmitt, At the Inkwell.
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