Bruce Berger

Bruce Berger grew up in suburban Chicago. A poet and nonfiction writer, he is best known for a series of books exploring the intersections of nature and culture in desert settings. The first of these, The Telling Distance , won the 1990 Western States Book Award and the 1991 Colorado Book Award. His articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times , Sierra , Orion Magazine , Gramophone , and numerous literary quarterlies; his poems have appeared in Poetry , Barron's , Orion Magazine ,...See more

Bruce Berger grew up in suburban Chicago. A poet and nonfiction writer, he is best known for a series of books exploring the intersections of nature and culture in desert settings. The first of these, The Telling Distance , won the 1990 Western States Book Award and the 1991 Colorado Book Award. His articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times , Sierra , Orion Magazine , Gramophone , and numerous literary quarterlies; his poems have appeared in Poetry , Barron's , Orion Magazine , and various literary reviews in the United States, Scotland, and India, and have been collected in Facing the Music . See less