Joan A. Potter

Joan Potter's personal essays have been published in the journals Iron Horse Literary Review, Longridge Review, JONAH magazine, Stone Canoe, and others. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, including Rooted in Rock: New Adirondack Writing, and Living North Country. She is the author of four editions of African American Firsts: Famous, Little-Known and Unsung Triumphs of Blacks in America (Kensington Publishing.)

Prize anthology mentions

Best American Essays 2020*

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