David Groff
Clay, 2012
Live in Suspense, 2023
As a poet, writer, independent book editor, and teacher, David Groff works to engender resonant words. His third book of poems, Live in Suspense, was published in July 2023 by Trio House Press. His previous poetry collection, Clay, was chosen by Michael Waters as winner of the Louise Bogan Award and published in 2013, also by Trio House Press. Groff has completed residencies at the Anderson Center, Jentel Arts, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, Monson Arts, Ragdale, the Santa Fe Art Institute, the Saltonstall Foundation, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation.
Since 2007 Groff has taught poetry, nonfiction, and publishing in the MFA creative writing program of the City College of New York and advised students on their poetry, fiction, and nonfiction MFA theses. He has also taught courses at Rutgers and NYU.
Groff received his MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, his MA in nonfiction from the University of Iowa and his A.B. in English/Creative Writing from Princeton University. He lives in New York City with his husband, Clay Williams.
