Carol Potter’s fourth book of poems, Otherwise Obedient (Red Hen Press, 2007), was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in LGBT Poetry. Her book of poems Short History of Pets won the 1999 Cleveland State Poetry Center Award, and the Balcones Award. Previous books are Upside Down in the Dark (1995), and Before We Were Born (1990)—both from Alice James Books. Potter’s poems have appeared in Field, The Iowa Review, Poetry, The American Poetry Review, The Massachusetts Review, The Journal, Prairie Schooner, The Women’s Review of Books, and many other journals and anthologies.
After five years in California, including part-time on a boat in Marina del Rey, Potter returned to New England and is living in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Most recent publications include poems in Field, Switched-on Gutenberg, and forthcoming in the Open Field Anthology.