Bruce Ducker  Bruce Ducker (born 1938) is an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. Ducker has written eight novels and a volume of short stories. His poetry and short fiction appear in such journals as "The New Republic ", "The Yale Review", "Poetry", "Commonwealth", "The Southern Review" and "The Hudson Review". Recent stories have appeared in "The Missouri Review", "The Sewanee Review", "Shenandoah", and "Ascent". His most recent books are his eighth novel, "Dizzying Heights" from Fulcrum, which was nominated for the James Thurber Prize for American Humor); and "", with illustrations by Western artist Duke Beardsley from Stackpole Books.