Linda Carney-Goodrich is a writer and teacher from Boston. Her first book of poetry, Dot Girl (Nixes Mate, 2024) was a finalist for the New England Poetry Club’s Sheila Margaret Motton Prize. Her poems have been displayed at Boston City Hall and have appeared in Lily Poetry Review, The MacGuffin, Literary Mama, Muddy River, Anti-Heroin Chic, and Gyroscope Review, among others. Linda is Poetry Coordinator for the Menino Art Center and owner of Home Scholars of Boston.