Andrea Potos

Andrea Potos is the author of eight poetry collections, including A Stone to Carry Home (Salmon Poetry),  Arrows of Light (Iris Press), An Ink Like Early Twilight (Salmon Poetry), We Lit the Lamps Ourselves (Salmon Poetry) and Yaya’s Cloth (Iris Press).  The latter three books received Outstanding Achievement Awards in Poetry from the Wisconsin Library Association.   Her poems can be found widely in print and online. She received the William Stafford Prize in Poetry from Rosebud Magazine, and the James Hearst Poetry Prize from the North American Review.  A new collection of poems entitled Mothershell is in process.