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Founded in 1974, Graywolf Press publishes risk-taking, visionary writers who transform culture through literature.


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Claudia Rankine returns with TRIAGE on August 4, 2026. This is a book for those complicated but beautiful friendships that we come to rely on to unsettle us, to make us better.

Preorder:
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“Triage is stunning. In this blend of essay, memoir, fabulation, and criticism, the intimate encounters between the narrator and the theorist offer an extended meditation on the collective devastation of the present. The beauty of Rankine’s dense, elliptical sentences guides us through.” —SAIDIYA HARTMAN The cover of Claudia Rankine's "Triage" shows two figures intertwined in red sweatsuits, against a bright yellow background. The title appears at their feet in bright red, all-caps font, with the author's name below the title in black, all-caps font.
January 13, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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We grieve with our community.
Renée Nicole Good was a poet. From Graywolf Director & Publisher Carmen Giménez:⁠ ⁠ Renée Nicole Good was a poet, killed by ICE yesterday in South Minneapolis. This is devastating.⁠ ⁠ As a Minneapolis-based publisher, our hearts break for our neighbors and community. Our mission is to publish the work of people who resist injustice, who refuse to be silenced, whose stories the world refuses to hear. This work, which has always been central to who we are, is not separate from what’s happening now.⁠ ⁠ We grieve with our community. Despite the fear and intimidation, we are committed to showing up in every way available to us.
January 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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📢 Please consider taking a few minutes to participate in our survey of readers! All responses will be anonymous unless you register for the Graywolf giveaway of a full season (10-12 books) at the conclusion of the survey 📚️⁠

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January 7, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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Support Graywolf Press with a tax-deductible donation! In a moment of increasing pressure towards uniformity, a donation of any size supports the publishing of new, innovative, and too-often overlooked voices. Become part of the wolf pack today:

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December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🆕 on Lab Games: An essay by Marlin M. Jenkins on playing video games during the summer of 2020, and the hope in the voice of video game actor Billy Kametz. Read it here:

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“Part of what’s appealing to me about games like Persona 5 is how they ask what we can do to intervene in a broken world. The protagonist and his growing team of companions are able to infiltrate the subconscious worlds of people in power and ‘change their heart,’ after which they acknowledge and take responsibility for the harm they’ve caused. . . . What if we could pluck trauma out like a rotten tooth?” —Marlin M. Jenkins, from “Versions and Voices”
December 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Editor Anni Liu's backlist recommendation is Christopher Gilbert's TURNING INTO DWELLING, which brings together his award-winning ACROSS THE MUTUAL LANDSCAPE and a never-before-published last manuscript written before his death in 2007.

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December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Keeping literature alive is a revolutionary act. In a moment of increasing pressure towards uniformity, a donation of any size supports the publishing of new, innovative, and often overlooked voices. Support Graywolf today:

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December 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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🆕 on Lab Games: three interactive visual poems by
@keithwilsonpoet.bsky.social. Explore here:

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December 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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🆕 on Lab Games: @bijan.bsky.social's interactive piece "The Art of Choosing," a kind of choose-your-own-adventure journey through narrative. Explore here:

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December 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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#SneakPeek 👀 Serena Chopra's memoir-in-poems A CATALOG OF FUTURE MERCIES is out 6/23/26. Available for preorder now:

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December 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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The gift that keeps on giving! Subscribe a loved one to the Graywolf Galley Club and they'll receive six books (before they're out to the public!) throughout the year, exclusive author content, and more 🎁📚️

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December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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It's #GivingTuesday! As a nonprofit, Graywolf relies on the radical generosity of readers like you to bring daring, transformative books to life. The first 75 donors who give $75 or more by Dec. 3 at 11:59pm CT will receive a limited-edition tote bag!⁠

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December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Happy pub. day to Maggie Nelson's THE SLICKS, a keen, ardent celebration of unbridled female ambition in the work of Taylor Swift and Sylvia Plath.

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November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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🆕 on Lab Games: Rae Delane's essay "You Start with Three Languages," which explores multilingual and multicultural identity and the invisible games we learn to play.

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November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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It's Give to the Max Day! Keep literature alive by making a gift to Graywolf today. The first 75 people to make a donation of $75 or more will receive a limited-edition Books With Teeth tote bag. #GTMD25

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November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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3️⃣ days until #GTMD25! The first 75 people to make a donation of $75 or more will receive a limited-edition Books With Teeth tote bag 🐺📚 Support Graywolf with a gift:

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November 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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🆕 on Lab Games: Katy Whitehead's essay "Escaping the Family," about escape rooms, family vacations, and the "infinite puzzles" of marriage and parenthood. 🖇️ Read it here:

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November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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#SneakPeek 👀 chaun webster's WITHOUT TERMINUS—a dazzlingly inventive account of kinship and dispossession by a two-time Minnesota Book Award–winning author—is out June 2, 2026. Preorder:

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November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation.

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November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Huge congratulations to David Szalay, whose novel FLESH has won the 2025 Booker Prize! 🎉🎉 Did you know Graywolf published Szalay's previous novels ALL THAT MAN IS (a Booker finalist), LONDON AND THE SOUTH-EAST, and SPRING? Stock up:

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November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Happy pub. day to Karina Pacheco Medrano's THE YEAR OF THE WIND (trans. Mara Faye Lethem), Carlos Manuel Álvarez's FALSE WAR (trans. Natasha Wimmer), and Brandon Kilbourne's NATURAL HISTORY! 🎉🎉🎉
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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See Karina Pacheco Medrano on tour this November for THE YEAR OF THE WIND!

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Karina Pacheco Medrano on tour for The Year of the Wind: 11/6 @ 4:45 PM | St. Paul, MN Macalester College 11/8 @ 5:30 PM | Chicago, IL DePaul University 11/10 @ 10 AM | Orono, ME University of Maine 11/12 @ 7 PM | Waterville, ME Colby College 11/14 @ 4:30 PM | New Orleans, LA Tulane University 11/19 @ 10:40 AM | Princeton, NJ Princeton University
October 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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1️⃣ week from today! Bay area wolves, don't miss this extra-special event with poet Mai Der Vang and artist Tiffany Chung to celebrate the launch of their collaborative broadside with Arion Press. Get your tickets here:

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ARION PRESS & GRAYWOLF PRESS present Mai Der Vang in conversation with Tiffany Chung to celebrate their collaborative broadside November 6 @ 7:00 PM Bayfront Theater San Francisco, CA visit www.graywolfpress.org/events
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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🆕 on Lab Games: @adrie-rose.bsky.social's "Dear," selected from the open submission call. Read the full poem here:

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“There is work to be done, there / is work here that can be done. I gather tulips in / every color, I plant more chestnut trees, I catch / more fish. I tell myself J is not bleeding. They / are sleeping. I tell myself G is not sick yet. I do / not have a body as long as they have bodies. I / ask the ghost bears for another job. We do not / have bodies as long as I play the game.” —Adrie Rose, from “Dear,”
October 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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#SneakPeek 👀 Aea Varfis-van Warmelo's ATTENTION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR—a confession from a liar that exposes the interrelation of language, control, performance, intimacy, and love—is out May 19, 2026.⁠ @aeavvw.bsky.social

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The cover of Aea Varfis-van Warmelo's novel "Attention-Seeking Behavior" shows a sliver of a face peeking through a gap between two pink walls.
October 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM