Bio

John Cotter’s first novel Under the Small Lights appeared in 2010 from Miami University Press. Previously, his short fiction and poetry had appeared in Volt, The Lifted Brow, Lost, and (forthcoming) New Genre, among other spots.

A founding editor at the review site Open Letters Monthly, John’s published critical work on contemporary novelists, poets, and translators.

John was born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1976, home of Benedict Arnold and a fresh crop of casinos. He graduated Emerson’s Creative Writing program on a Performing Arts scholarship and Harvard’s Extension School with a master’s degree in English & American lit. He lives with his favorite poet in Denver, Colorado.

Say hi at John [at] JohnCotter [dot] net