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"The sense of dislocation--of homelessness--that is at the heart of this collection functions, paradoxically, as the source of intimate observation and recognition of 'home' everywhere. Kaleidoscopically, scenes and people, present and past, near and far, settle into patterns of 'memory crystal', brightly colored and particular, yet with few epiphanies or tidy resolutions, suggesting that, with a turn of the wrist, another equally absorbing arrangement might be achieved. Potter...seeks no high ground, no safety or rainbow's end, but allows the self to be likewise given and withdrawn, with poignancy and without fear. That desire pales in these poems before the irresistable 'what is' in all its variety and instability, is what intrigues me most about Upside Down in the Dark. --- Linda McCarriston
"These poems by Carol Potter, about being a woman, a mother, a lesbian, are remarkably pure and full of energy. Written with love, they seem to imply that, yes, there is pain, but what a miracle there is for its setting. These poems are a rare meeting of craft and spontaneity, as if the poet were standing by the flume of a spillway and shaping the flow with her hands." Doug Anderson, author of Moon Reflected Fire
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