Curriculum Vita Charles Potts P.O. Box 100 Walla Walla, WA 99362-0033 [email protected] http://www.bluecreekappaloosas.webs.com Education: Mackay High School, Honor Graduate, Mackay, Idaho, 1961 BA English, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, 1965 Real Estate Institute, Real Estate Broker, Spokane, Washington, 1978 ATM, Accomplished Toastmaster, Toastmaster’s International, 1990 Master Practitioner, Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, 1991 Major Professional Accomplishments: Who’s Who in America, 1997-, Who’s Who in the West, 1996-, Who’s Who in the World, 1996-, Who’s ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Who in Finance and Industry, 1998- Marquis ​ ​ ​ Lifetime Achievement Award, Washington Poets Association, 2008 ​ Temple Inc., non-profit Robert McNealy memorial sculpture for Ann Weatherill, Walla Walla College, The ​ ​ Ghost of Harrison Sheets, Jeremy Gaulke, 5 Speed, Klyd Watkins ​ ​ ​ The Temple Bookstore.com, opened September 2001, fifty featured readers, 1,000s of poetry books. ​ Tsunami Inc., founder and president, published: The Temple, a quarterly of contemporary poetry in Chinese, ​ ​ ​ Spanish and English; an anthology, Pacific Northwestern Spiritual Poetry; and first edition books, ​ ​ Journeyman by Stephen Thomas, This House: A Poem in Seven Books by Jim Bodeen, Open Spirit by Travis ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Catsull, Twilight of the Male Ego by klipschutz; and Outside the School of Theology by Teri Zipf, the 1998 ​ ​ ​ ​ winner of the William Stafford Memorial Award from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, Edward Dorn, Tour of Washington, Whitman College, Eastern Washington U., WSU, March 1999 ​ Bumbershoot, Seattle Arts Festival, 1991, featured reader, 1993-97-98-99-02, translation panel, 1998 ​ Jack Straw Foundation, Writer’s Program, Matt Briggs curator, Seattle, WA, 2007 ​ Kenneth Patchen Festival, Cleveland, Ohio, 2007 ​ Midwest Tour, 2001, Detroit, Lansing, Michigan & Toledo, Columbus, Cleveland, Kent, Ohio ​ Southwest Tour, 2002, Las Cruces, El Paso, Bisbee, Prescott, Salt Lake City, Pocatello, Boise, Twin Falls ​ Walla Walla Poetry Party, Walla Walla, Washington, 1990-91-92-93-96-97-2003-2005 ​ Burning Word, Washington State Poets Association, Whidbey Island, featured poet, April, 2005 ​ Super Bowl of Poetry, Auburn, Washington, Finalist, 2003, featured presenter,1999 ​ Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Elko, Nevada, featured performer, 1997, 1990 ​ ​ ​ Fukuoka International Forum, “The American Budget Crisis” and “The 1996 American National Elections,” ​ Brighton College, Fukuoka, Japan, 1995-1996 Japan’s Political Choices, The Kyushu Gleaner, newspaper column, Fukuoka, Japan 1995-1997 ​ ​ Distinguished Professional Achievement Award, College of Arts and Sciences of Idaho State University, ​ 1994 Washington State Democratic Party, 5th Cong. District Rep. to the Executive Committee, 1993-1996 ​ LitEruption, featured reader, Portland, Oregon’s premier literary festival 1992 ​ 2 Potts CV Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Presenter, International Convention, Snowbird, Utah, 1991 ​ Manuscript’s International, First Place Novel, for Loading Las Vegas, $2,500, creative excellence, 1991 ​ ​ ​ Creativity Symposium, Walla Walla Symphony Diamond Jubilee with Alan Hovaness, Whitman College, ​ 1981 The Poetry of Charles Potts, a book by Professor Hugh Fox of Michigan State Univ., Dustbooks, 1979 ​ Idaho Governor's Council on the Arts, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, 1978 ​ Columbia River Watch, The National Endowment for the Humanities, at Lewis and Clark State College in ​ Lewiston, Idaho, Sandpoint, Idaho, and Athlemere, British Columbia, 1977-1978 Litmus Inc., founder and director, published 18 first editions by Charles Bukowski, Richard Krech, Jo Merrill, ​ Karen Waring, Peter Koch, David Hiatt; first books by Andrew Clausen, Mike Finley, Charles Foster, Charley George, Edward Smith, Greg Stewart and Nolan Palmer; 12 periodical issues, 1967-1977 Oasis, host of poetry radio program, KUER-NPR, Salt Lake City, 1966-1977 ​ Edward Dorn & Carl Rakosi, Presented by Litmus Inc. at the U of Utah, Salt Lake, 1976 ​ ​ ​ Southwest Poetry Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, & Tsaile, Arizona, 1974-1975 ​ Underwater Festival, Alta, Charles Bukowski, Ricardo Sánchez, Abelardo Delgado, Sandy Anderson, Harris ​ Lenowitz, Andrew Clausen, Charley George, 20 other poets, Salt Lake City, 1974 Play No Play, by Reza Baraheni, Iranian Exile Poet, world premier, at the Salt Lake City Public Library, 1973 ​ Trubador Poetry Festival, Salt Lake City. 20 poets at Yarrow Books, the Library, Westminster College, 1972 ​ Hot Air, Transcontinental Poetry Tour by Buddhist Marching Band, with John Thomsen, 1971 ​ COSMEP, one of the founding editors at the University of California, Berkeley, California, 1968 ​ The Theodore Roethke Gladness Wakes, poetry festival, Zig Zag Pot shop, Seattle City Market, 1967 ​ ​ ​ Selected Publications: Books: Coyote Highway, Green Panda Press, Pleasureville, Henry County, Kentucky, 2016 ​ ​ ​ Pilgrim and Martell, Least Bittern Books, Pleasureville, Henry County, Kentucky, 2015. ​ ​ ​ The Source, Green Panda Press, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 2014 ​ ​ Inside Idaho, West End Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2009 ​ ​ The Yellow Christ, vol 1 of Valga Krusa, Green Panda Press, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 2007 ​ ​ ​ ​ Laffing Water, vol 2 of Valga Krusa, Green Panda Press, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 2007 ​ ​ ​ ​ The Portable Potts, West End Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2005 ​ ​ ​ Kiot: Selected Early Poems, 1963-1977, Blue Begonia Press, Yakima, Washington, 2005 ​ ​ Greatest Hits, 1963-2003, Pudding House Publications, Columbus, Ohio, 2005 ​ ​ Compostrella/Starfield, Time Barn Books, Nashville, Tennessee, 2004 ​ ​ Across the North Pacific, Slough Press, College Station, Texas, 2002 ​ ​ ​ Lucintite TM, Butcher Shop Press, Oneonta, New York 2002 ​ ​ ​ Slash and Burn, Blue Begonia Press, with Robert McNealy, Yakima, Washington, 2001 ​ ​ ​ Prophet/Profit, Poetnoise, with Chris Bodor, Beacon, New York, 2001 ​ ​ ​ Nature Lovers, Pleasure Boat Studio, Bainbridge Island, Washington, 2000 ​ ​ ​ Angio Gram, D Press, Sebastopol, California, 2000 ​ ​ ​ Little Lord Shiva: The Berkeley Poems, 1968, Glass Eye Books, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1999 ​ ​ ​ Lost River Mountain, Blue Begonia Press, Yakima, Washington, 1999 ​ ​ ​ Fascist Haikus, Acid Press, Pocatello, Idaho, 1999 ​ ​ ​ 100 Years in Idaho, Tsunami Inc., Walla Walla, Washington, 1996 ​ ​ 3 Potts CV How the South Finally Won the Civil War, Tsunami Inc., 1995 ​ ​ Loading Las Vegas, Current, Walla Walla, Washington, 1991 ​ ​ The Dictatorship of the Environment, Druid Books, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1991 ​ ​ A Rite to the Body, Ghost Dance Press, East Lansing, Michigan, 1989 ​ ​ Rocky Mountain Man, (Selected Poems) The Smith, New York City, 1978 ​ ​ ​ Valga Krusa, Litmus Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1977 ​ ​ The Opium Must Go Thru, Litmus Inc., with illustrations by Robert McNealy, 1976 ​ ​ Charlie Kiot, Folk Frog Press, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1976 ​ ​ The Golden Calf, Litmus Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1975 ​ ​ ​ The Trancemigraçion of Menzu, Empty Elevator Shaft Press, San Francisco, 1973 ​ ​ Waiting in Blood, Rainbow Resin Press, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1973 ​ ​ Blue up the Nile, Quixote, Madison, Wisconsin, 1972 ​ ​ The Litmus Papers, Gunrunner Press, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1969 ​ ​ ​ Little Lord Shiva, Noh Directions, Berkeley, California, 1969 ​ ​ ​ Burning Snake, Presna de Lagar, Portland, Oregon, 1967 ​ ​ ​ Blues From Thurston County, Grande Ronde Press, La Grande, Oregon, 1966 ​ ​ ​ Anthologies: Jack Straw Writers Anthology, Jack Straw Foundation, Seattle, Washington, 2007 ​ ​ ​ Poet’s Book-Shelf, The Barnwood Press, Selma, Indiana, 2005 ​ ​ ​ Poetnoise 2000, Poetnoise, Beacon, New York, 2001 ​ ​ ​ Vox Populi, Eleventh Hour Productions, Seattle Poetry Festival, 2000 ​ ​ The Living Underground: Prose, Whitston Publishing Company, Troy, New York, 1999 ​ ​ ​ Portland Lights, Nine Lights Press, Portland, Oregon, 1999 ​ ​ Will Work for Peace, Zeropanik Press, Middletown, New York, 1999 ​ ​ Maverick Western Verse, Peregrine Smith, Layton, Utah, 1994 ​ ​ ​ Men of our Time, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 1992 ​ ​ ​ The Proceedings (of the 3rd Walla Walla Poetry Party), Walla Walla, Washington, 1992 ​ ​ ​ Image, Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, Washington, 1991 ​ ​ ​ Writer's Northwest Handbook, 4th Edition, Media Weavers, Beaverton, Oregon, 1991 ​ ​ ​ Idaho's Poetry, a Centennial Anthology, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 1988 ​ ​ ​ Cafe Solo, Solo Press, Atascadero, California, 1988 ​ ​ ​ Gargoyle Fiction '84, Paycock Press, Washington, D.C., 1984 ​ ​ ​ A Critical (Ninth) Assembling (Precisely: 6789), Richard Kostelanetz, editor, New York, 1979 ​ ​ ​ Turpentin on the Rocks, Marlo Verlag, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1978 ​ ​ ​ The Face of Poetry, Gallimaufry Press, Arlington, Virginia, 1977 ​ ​ ​ The Far Side of the Storm, San Marcos, Los Cerillos, New Mexico, 1975 ​ ​ ​ The Smith/17, The Smith, New York City, 1975 ​ ​ ​ Hellcoal Annual 3, Hellcoal, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1973 ​ ​ ​ Trubador Anthology, Rainbow Resin / Folk Frog Presses, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1972 ​ ​ ​ The Living Underground, Whitston Press, Troy, New York, 1972 ​ ​ ​ The Anthology, (of poems read at first COSMEP conference), Berkeley, California, 1969 ​ ​ ​ Do You Want to be in Our Zoo Too, Zoo Press, Pocatello, Idaho, 1966 ​ ​ ​ Selected Periodicals: 4 Potts CV Arthur, Wild Dog, West Coast Review, The Journal of Property Management, www.thundersandwich.com, Aldebaran Review, New American & Canadian