Bruce Majors grew up in East Tennessee, graduated from Tennessee Technological University and is retired from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). His most interesting assignment at TVA was Manager of Special Projects.

Majors’ main job, now, is reading poems. His favorite poet is whomever he is currently reading, probably James Wright, David Bottoms, Dan Powers or Jane Kenyon. He has published a few poems in minor literary journals, The most notable being Arts and Letters and Homespun Magazine. His book, The Fields of Owl Roost, is an autobiographical collection of loosely related poems that has been said to capture the eccentricity of our imperfect world. It was named first finalist in the Indie Excellence Book Awards.

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