Publishing Voices for the Twenty-First Century

Carmen Maria Machado, Max Porter, and Tracy K. Smith

Graywolf Press is a nonprofit publisher of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and genre-defying literature whose aim is to foster new thinking about what it means to live in the world today.

Graywolf 45th anniversary cake
Lanny by Max Porter
Supporters celebrating Graywolf at 45 in Portland
Photograph of Be Recorder

do you remember / the different world / you wanted for your children / glowing like a nominally capitalist eden

from the title poem of Be Recorder by Carmen Giménez Smith
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Longlisted for the 2019 National Book Awards

Poetry
Deaf Republic
Deaf Republic
Ilya Kaminsky
Poetry
Be Recorder
Be Recorder
Carmen Gimenez Smith
Translated Literature
The Collector of Leftover Souls
The Collector of Leftover Souls
Eliane Brum, Diane Whitty
Translated Literature
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Nona Fernandez, Natasha Wimmer
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In the News

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NOOR NAGA WINS THE GRAYWOLF PRESS AFRICA PRIZE
Alexandrian writer wins second Graywolf Press Africa Prize for the novel AMERICAN GIRL AND BOY FROM SHOBRAKHEIT Read full story »
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Max Porter's LANNY Longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize

Featured Events

Sep 26
Graywolf at 45: Minneapolis Literary Gala
Date: Seated program begins at 7:30pm
Location: Minneapolis, MN view map
Oct 29
Graywolf at 45: Poetry reading co-sponsored by the Poetry Foundation
Date: Reception to follow
Location: Chicago, IL view map
Nov 15
Carmen Gimenez Smith and Stephanie Burt appearing at Brookline Booksmith
Date:
Location: Brookline, MA view map
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Citizen in the Classroom

Claudia Rankine's groundbreaking Citizen: An American Lyric and other books have inspired programming and sparked conversations in schools, universities, and communities across the country. (Photo credit: DP Jolly.)

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She Would Be King by Wayetu Moore

Graywolf gave my story a chance when few others would. It's an honor and a privilege to join the roster of this world-class press, committed to disrupting the canon by taking wild, unpopular, beautiful chances.

Wayétu Moore