Poet Interview: John RC Potter

John RC Potter is an international educator from Canada who lives in Istanbul. He has experienced a revolution (Indonesia), air strikes (Israel), earthquakes (Turkey), boredom (UAE), and blinding snow blizzards (Canada), the last being the subject of his story, ‘Snowbound in the House of God’ (Memoirist). The author’s poems, stories, essays, articles, and reviews have been published in various magazines and journals. Selected publications: PROSE – ‘She Got What She Deserved’ (Literary Yard); ‘Destination: Cannes @ Midnight’ (The Brussels Review); POETRY – ‘Amanuensis’ (New English Review); ‘A Year in Israel, Twelve Months in Tel Aviv’ (Culterate Magazine); REVIEW – ‘Tezer Özlü’s Cold Nights of Childhood’; (New English Review); ‘Kenan Orhan’s I Am My Country And Other Stories’ (Bosphorus Review of Books). His story, ‘Ruth’s World’ was a Pushcart Prize nominee, and his poem, ‘Tomato Heart’ was nominated for the Best of the Net Award. The author’s gay-themed children’s picture book, The First Adventures of Walli and Magoo, is scheduled for publication. He enjoys duties as the editor of the online journal Masticadores Istanbul.