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POTTER AND ALUMNA TO PUBLISH BOOK OF POEMS |
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March 19, 2010
GROVE CITY, Pa. – Dr. Eric Potter, Grove City College professor of English, and alumna Kelly Beahm ’07 are collaborating to publish a book of poems this month.
Authored by Potter, “Heart Murmur” seeks to capture the desire of freedom and the need for renewal. The poems range in style and subject matter, though family and faith are recurring themes. The poems address the difficulties of parenting, aging, memory, nostalgia and the inevitability of death.
Many of the poems were inspired by Potter’s personal experiences; most notably the book-titled poem “Heart Murmur,” which recounts the day he learned his son would need open heart surgery. Potter hopes that his poems will encourage others to gravitate to the essential in life.
His book is published by Twisted Tree Press, an independent press company founded by Beahm.
Potter joined the Grove City College faculty in 2000. He earned his bachelor’s degree in English from Wheaton College and his master’s and Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia. His interests include contemporary American poetry, and he has published a number of poems and articles. Prior to his position at Grove City College, he taught writing and American literature for the five years at Toccoa Falls College in Georgia. He has also taught at Marymount University, Northern Virginia Community College and Mary Washington College. He was honored as the College’s Professor of the Year in 2009.
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