Bruce Sydow

Author, Professor, and Therapist in Case Inlet

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Bruce Sydow's portrait, painted by Danella Sydow, is featured on the cover of the anthology “G.I. Days.”

Bruce Sydow

A Pushcart Prize-nominated writer, Bruce's work is published in numerous literary anthologies.

He is an award-winning professor of social psychology, a family therapist, and a combat-decorated Marine.

Bruce now enjoys life in a seaside village on the Case Inlet with his wife and soulmate, Danella Sydow.

Recent Publications

Defoliated Netherworld, 2026
The Examined Life, The University of Iowa

The D.I.'s Homage to Emma Lazarus, 2026
Poetry Society of Virginia

Double-Barreled Mercy, 2026
Laurel Review, GreenTower Press

The Spray of Destruction, 2025
Reflection, Gonzaga University

Surviving Christmas, 2024
G.I. Days: Anthology of Military Life

Lord, Let the Water Run Clear, 2023
Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors

Earlier Publications

We Were Hollywood Marines, 2020
Proud to Be

Shooting the Curl, 2019
Castabout Literature

A Sunlit Poppy Morning, 2018
Proud to Be

Dragon Fruit Cacti, 2018
Blue Streak: Journal of Military Poetry

Rolling Thunder, Vietnam, 2017
Perfume River Poetry Review

Requiem for Nu, 2017
Proud to Be

R & R in Sydney, 2016
Penduline Press

All Marines are Green, 2015
Proud to Be

My North Star, 2014
Proud to Be

Destiny in Bangkok, 2013
Tell Us a Story

Charlie is Stealing for Home, 2013
Proud to Be

Lake Serene, 2012
Proud to Be

Union Town, 2009
In Tahoma’s Shadow

  • Education
    • Master's Degree, University of Washington