Bruce Parker holds a BA in History from the University of Maryland Far East Division, Okinawa, Japan, and an MA in Secondary Education from the University of New Mexico. He has taught English as a second language, worked as a technical editor, and as a translator He is an Assistant Editor at Boulevard and lives in Portland, Oregon. His work has appeared in, The Inflectionist Review, Cloudbank, Blue Mountain Review, The RavensPerch, Hamilton Stone Review and elsewhere.