Biography

Bruce Spang, third Poet Laureate of Portland 2011-2013, former English teacher at Scarborough High School, just published his first novel, The Deception of the Thrush by Piscataqua Press.  His new book of poems, Boy at the Screen Door, was published this year by Moon Pie Press.  Previously, he edited a recent anthology, Passion and Pride: Poets in Support of Equality, Moon Pie Press, 2012.  He is the author of  To the Promised Land Grocery (Moon Pie Press 2008) as well as three other poetry collections and an anthology of high school poetry.  He wrote the libretto for Charlie!, a musical drama about Charlie Howard, a young gay man,  who was killed by three teenagers in Bangor, Maine.  He lives in Falmouth with his husband Myles and their two labs, Midnight and Play.  He is working on a new book about teachers to incorporate creative writing in the new standards based curriculum, Putting the Art Back in Language Arts.  He is currently on the Port Veritas Board of Directors and Maine Poetry Central.