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Author Archives: rosysophia

After My Mother

July 17, 2026by rosysophia Leave a comment

In 2021, I attended end-of-life doula training through INELDA, the International End-of-Life Doula Association. I was still a graduate student in the MFA program at Florida International University at the […]

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grief

Many Miles: Now Available for Purchase!

March 10, 2025by rosysophia Leave a comment

Many MilesĀ is a meditation on grief, a love letter to a lost brother. Using automotive technology as an interpretive lens, Rosa Sophia Godshall reflects on childhood dysfunction and her own […]

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Poetry

Join me March 13 for a Virtual Book Launch Reading!

March 9, 2025by rosysophia Leave a comment

On March 13, 2025, at 7:00 PM Central (8:00 PM Eastern) I’ll be joining Emily Hockaday, Andrea Hockbarth, and Denise Duhamel and Julie Marie Wade for readings of our newly […]

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Events, Poetry

Many Miles: Coming Soon from Harbor Editions

January 22, 2025by rosysophia Leave a comment

Many MilesĀ is a meditation on grief, a love letter to a lost brother. Using automotive technology as an interpretive lens, Rosa Sophia Godshall reflects on childhood dysfunction and her own […]

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Poetry

Village of North Palm Beach: A History

January 17, 2022by rosysophia Leave a comment

Join me on Thursday, January 20, at 3:00 PM for a virtual presentation on local history. I’ll be sharing some of my favorite elements of North Palm Beach history! Click […]

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History

Take This Transmission for Instance

June 23, 2020by rosysophia 2 Comments

In my very first lit class at FIU last year, I told fellow students I had never taken a lit class before. Someone asked me how I managed to get […]

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Poetry

Remember yourself

May 6, 2019by rosysophia 2 Comments

As a child, I told anyone who would listen that I was a writer, and one day, I would be published. I was quite firm about this, and I refused […]

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The Writer's Mind

The Beast and The Jeep

September 28, 2018by rosysophia Leave a comment

My pain attack hit a 10 on the pain scale, and my first instinct was to climb into the back of my dad’s Jeep in the garage. I let my […]

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Trigeminal Neuralgia

TN, Or: The Time I Wanted to Pull All My Teeth Out

September 26, 2018by rosysophia 4 Comments

Trigeminal neuralgia feels like a special kind of hell. It’s hard to find any other way of describing it, though I’ve tried, and I’ve certainly written novels and stories where […]

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Trigeminal Neuralgia

Seeking Divine Love

June 28, 2018by rosysophia 6 Comments

Over the last few weeks, I had an unusual experience that led me to once again think deeply about the relationships humans share with one another. In late 1981, my […]

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The Writer's Mind, Theosophy

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