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Griffin Rockwell (xe/they)
@daftrockwell.bsky.social
• queer poet • master of science fiction • cat parent • Godzilla enthusiast •

MFA candidate at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

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At Interstellar Flight Mag, R. Thursday interviews IFP author Griffin Rockwell on their new book of poetry, LISTEN-a poetic creature, a book-length SFF cento inspired by the greats (and not-so-greats) of SFF history. medium.com/@richaund...
Greater Gestalt: An Interview with Griffin Rockwell
Author of LISTEN — A Poetic Creature, Out Now from Interstellar Flight Press
medium.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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A lovely interview about this groundbreaking poetry book. LISTEN is a treat for the SFF canon nerds and so subversive.
At Interstellar Flight Mag, R. Thursday interviews IFP author Griffin Rockwell on their new book of poetry, LISTEN-a poetic creature, a book-length SFF cento inspired by the greats (and not-so-greats) of SFF history. medium.com/@richaund...
Greater Gestalt: An Interview with Griffin Rockwell
Author of LISTEN — A Poetic Creature, Out Now from Interstellar Flight Press
medium.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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preorder my friend griffin’s latest specpo volume at a discount via bookshop!
October 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Was an honor to blurb this wonderful book!
“I had worked hard for nearly two years…”

Author copies are here and I’m thrilled!! Grateful to @mickmakesmagic.bsky.social for the cover, @taylorbyas.bsky.social / @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social / Warren Longmire for blurbs, and of course Holly at @interstellarflight.bsky.social for picking it up!!
October 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“I had worked hard for nearly two years…”

Author copies are here and I’m thrilled!! Grateful to @mickmakesmagic.bsky.social for the cover, @taylorbyas.bsky.social / @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social / Warren Longmire for blurbs, and of course Holly at @interstellarflight.bsky.social for picking it up!!
October 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
TOMORROW!!!!!!
It’s real and it’s coming soon—on Oct. 6, my latest chapbook will release!! This is a love letter to discovery and science fiction and the first book-length poem I’ve written. Preorder now here: www.interstellarflightpress.com/listen.html and join us at the Zoom launch party on Oct. 6!
October 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Was delighted to blurb this wonderful book!
It’s real and it’s coming soon—on Oct. 6, my latest chapbook will release!! This is a love letter to discovery and science fiction and the first book-length poem I’ve written. Preorder now here: www.interstellarflightpress.com/listen.html and join us at the Zoom launch party on Oct. 6!
September 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It’s real and it’s coming soon—on Oct. 6, my latest chapbook will release!! This is a love letter to discovery and science fiction and the first book-length poem I’ve written. Preorder now here: www.interstellarflightpress.com/listen.html and join us at the Zoom launch party on Oct. 6!
September 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Chicago! Tonight at 7! So excited to read with @nberlat.bsky.social, @saramatson.bsky.social, @ejoylevinson.bsky.social, and my wonderful co-author Elena Rielinger Ferguson!
August 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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this i really want to go to, because @saramatson.bsky.social & @daftrockwell.bsky.social in one beloved place together 😻 hell yeah
July 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
1st 2025 pub, ft. Creature from the Black Lagoon references, gender feelings, and shadow selves!

Thanks @littlemissbleah.bsky.social for picking it up 💙

Find the anthology here: www.defunktmag.com/product-page...
May 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Maybe you're forgetful, like I am. You can turn on reminders!

Settings -> Accesibility -> Require alt text.

Done! Easy accessibility.
November 25, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Starting Perry Janes’ book “Find Me When You’re Ready” and having to pause in the prelude. Wow.
January 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Apparently today is the day they hit the Breach. In honor of that, have a snippet from my abecedarian Self-Portrait as Pacific Rim—or check out the whole thing here:

www.freezeraypoetry.com/gretchen-roc...
January 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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New poem in-the-world, rare rare for me this year.
Beyond grateful to this circle for its soft landing.

Here's to long-ago friends, escape vehicles so ancient they only had a tape deck, every too-young-nuthoused kid—

and to you, still playing the hidden track.
NEW POEM #193: "Snapped tapes got chucked out the car window (and so slowly you unwind me 'til I fall apart)" by Ankh Spice (@seagoatscreams.bsky.social)

"nights you hear
the unspool, the moment the hand lets go
of the ribbon. How each throw scribbles the map."

stonecirclereview.com/snapped-tapes
December 28, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Hard to believe it, but my first semester at the Workshop is done. (Now that grades are in, it feels real!) Never could’ve imagined this is how and where I would end my year, but incredibly grateful to be here.
December 24, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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December 22, 2024 at 11:48 PM
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I'm the poem of the day at @swwim.bsky.social 🥺

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SWWIM
SWWIM publishes, promotes, & celebrates women writers.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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BLACK FRIDAY BOOK SALES 🧵
There are so many! Please add any that I missed.
November 29, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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One short message from a reader is all it takes to turn a bad day around. Want to drop an author a line? Please do so. Trust me, it means the world to us.
November 26, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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Thank you to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for including this prose poem in the new issue of The Ex-Puritan --

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Adventure / Ars Poetica
Read Amorak Huey's poem "Adventure / Ars Poetica" in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!
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November 27, 2024 at 12:55 PM
“Nothing but the trees offered sympathy – their spindly arms reaching out as I tasted the new vocabulary of flight…”
November 26, 2024 at 7:28 PM
This is a (belated birthday?) @tomsnarsky.bsky.social appreciation post!! Want to read lots of really lovely and varied poems you might never find otherwise? Want to experience the joy of bite-sized poems? Follow Tom and you will not be disappointed. ✨ Great if you’re joining this site for poetry!
November 26, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Too many good quotes to pick one to pull. Read this!!!
what are you feeding to remember

(from The Water Engine, 2021)
November 26, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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November 25, 2024 at 11:59 PM