Bruce Whiteman is a poet, translator, and essayist whose writings focus on music, bibliography, cultural history, and literature. Born in Southern Ontario and educated at Trent University and the University of Toronto, in 1996 Whiteman was appointed director of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at UCLA, a position he held until 2010. Whiteman is a prolific poet whose books include The Cold Engineering of the World, The Invisible World Is in Decline, Recesses in the Heart: The Thera Poems, The Forger Contemplates Rossetti, Intimate Letters, The Sad Mechanic Exercise, and Visible Stars: New and Selected Poems. Whiteman lives in Peterborough, Ontario.