Anna Potter's writing has appeared in Jellyfish Review, phoebe, Spilled Milk, Contrary Magazine, and elsewhere. She is a former James Merrill House fellow and an American Academy of Arts and Letters grant recipient. She was one of two lead singers for Chickita, an all-women, double-bass, no-guitar, make-your-ears-bleed punk band, with two 7 inches: "Eat When Soft to the Touch" and "Karen Learns About Our Nation."