“Tyranny of Dreams,” first published in Calyx, was featured on the New Hampshire Poet Laureate Showcase and published in the Poet Showcase Anthology. “Map of Uncertain Soundings,” published in Hunger Mountain, was a finalist for the Ruth Stone Prize. Westberg’s poems have been nominated for Pushcart and the Best of the Net Awards.
Selected Readings
The Greens reading in Hanover, NH, November 21, 2022
Toadstool Books reading in Keene, NH, November 13, 2022
Gibson’s Bookstore reading with Sue D. Burton in Concord, NH January 20, 2022
Norwich Bookstore reading with Laura Foley in Norwich, VT January 11, 2022
COVID Spring reading with the New Hampshire Poet Laureate on September 21, 2020
Truro Library reading with the River Poets in Truro, MA, July 30, 2019
AVA Gallery reading with the River Poets in Lebanon, NH, on July 20, 2019
Norman Williams Library reading in Woodstock, VT (10 The Green) on January 23, 2016
Left Bank Books reading in Hanover, NH, September 22, 2015
Bookstock Literary Festival reading with Carol Potter in Woodstock, VT on July 24, 2015
Poetry Society of New Hampshire reading with Martha Carlson-Bradley at Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord, NH on July 15, 2015
Gala Poetry Festival with NH Poet Laureate, NH State Library in Concord, NH, April 2015
Meetinghouse Reading Series, Canaan, NH, July 2011
Highlights
“We Pass Like Thieves” nominated for a 2016 Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net Awards 2015 by the editors at DMQ Review
“Tyranny of Dreams” featured on NH Poet Laureate Showcase
NHPR’s Peter Biello interviews Carol on All Things Considered—Read/listen to the interview ›
Selected Publications
“Bitter House” appeared on May 7, 2018 in B O D Y
“Once More with No Feeling” appeared in the Summer/Fall 2018 issue of DMQ Review
“Snow Moon, for the Disruptor in Chief’s Clothing,” “Morning Ritual—Waking Up White,” and “Accumulations” appeared in the Fall 2017 issue of Leaping Clear
“Edible, Inedible” appeared in Valparaiso Poetry Review Volume XVIII, Number 1 (Fall/Winter 2016-2017)
“Tyranny of Dreams” appeared in the Poet Showcase Anthology, published by Hobblebush Books in Fall 2015
“Not Getting There” appeared in Earth & Eros: A Celebration in Words and Photographs, published by White Cloud Press in December 2015