Benjamin S. Grossberg is the author of four full-length collections of poetry, including My Husband Would (University of Tampa, 2020), winner of the Connecticut Book Award, and Sweet Core Orchard (University of Tampa, 2009), winner of a Lambda Literary Award and the Tampa Review Prize. He also wrote the novel, The Spring before Obergefell (University of Nebraska 2025), winner of the AWP Award Series James Alan McPherson Prize and a current finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. His poems have appeared widely, including in The Pushcart Prize and Best American Poetry anthologies. Ben is Director of Creative Writing at the University of Hartford.
