About

Iain Grinbergs (he/they) is a professor, painter, and writer. He earned his Ph.D. in English from Florida State University.

He was a finalist in Black Lawrence Press’s Fall 2021 Black River Chapbook Competition, a semifinalist in Conduit Magazine’s 2022 Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize, and a runner-up in the 2023 Tennessee Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival’s Saints and Sinners Poetry Contest.

In 2024, Bottlecap Press published Vanity Twist, his first poetry collection. You can find more of his written work in Meridian, Ghost Parachute, Jersey Devil Press, and other literary journals.

Iain Grinbergs is smiling in front of line drawings of faces. He is wearing thick-rimmed brown-and-green glasses and a dark patterned shirt.