Andrea Potos is the author of seven poetry collections, most recently Arrows of Light (Iris Press), and An Ink Like Early Twilight (Salmon Poetry). Another collection We Lit the Lamps Ourselves was also published by Salmon Poetry, and Yaya’s Cloth was also published by Iris Press. Andrea has received numerous awards for her poetry, including the William Stafford Prize in Poetry from Rosebud Magazine, the James Hearst Poetry Prize from the North American Review, and three Outstanding Achievement Awards in Poetry from the Wisconsin Library Association. Her poems are published widely in print and online, including in Poetry East, Tiferet Journal, Presence, The Blue Nib, Headstuff, Women’s Review of Books, Atlanta Review, Heron Tree, Peacock Journal, The Sunlght Press, and many others.
She is also the author of two poetry collections from Kelsay Books: Marrow of Summer, and Mothershell.
A new collection entitled Her Joy Becomes was published by Fernwood Press in October 2022..
She lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her family.
