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Just Us by Claudia Rankine

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Susan Steinberg reading from her novel Machine
Supporters celebrating Graywolf at 45 in Portland
Claudia Rankine signing a copy of Citizen for a guest at the Graywolf Literary Gala
photo of DISCOMFORT OF EVENING book cover

I asked God if He please couldn't take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit. 'Amen.'

from THE DISCOMFORT OF EVENING by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison
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New and Noteworthy

New collection from Pulitzer winner
That Was Now, This Is Then
That Was Now, This Is Then
Vijay Seshadri
Finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry
Postcolonial Love Poem
Postcolonial Love Poem
Natalie Diaz
New nonfiction from Claudia Rankine
Just Us
Just Us
Claudia Rankine
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE
This Mournable Body
This Mournable Body
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Poetry
Guillotine
Guillotine
Eduardo Corral
Exploring a mysterious corner of Europe
To the Lake
To the Lake
Kapka Kassabova
Winner of the Int'l Booker Prize
The Discomfort of Evening
The Discomfort of Evening
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Michele Hutchison
Dramatic retellings of Celtic lyrics and legends
Cinderbiter
Cinderbiter
Tony Hoagland, Martin Shaw
"An essential voice to the genre of migrant literature"
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women
Wayétu Moore
Danez Smith is our president.
Homie
Homie
Danez Smith
New novel from “one of our culture’s preeminent novelists”
Telephone
Telephone
Percival Everett
Debut novel about familial and cultural breakdown in Cuba
The Fallen
The Fallen
Carlos Manuel Alvarez, Frank Wynne
"Sonically brilliant poems that refuse borders. . . "
Catrachos
Catrachos
Roy Guzman
Timely nonfiction about our national divide
American Harvest
American Harvest
Marie Mockett
Winner of the Walt Whitman Award
The More Extravagant Feast
The More Extravagant Feast
Leah Green
“You are really really going to love these chickens”
Barn 8
Barn 8
Deb Unferth
Second novel from Booker-winner out now in US
Little Constructions
Little Constructions
Anna Burns
Rave reviews in NYT, New Yorker, and Boston Globe
In the Dream House
In the Dream House
Carmen Machado
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In the News

Image from Citizen PBS NewsHour video
Author Claudia Rankine answers your questions about CITIZEN
Claudia Rankine, author of the July pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions about CITIZEN. Read full story »
image from Danez Smith's New Yorker Article
Crying, Laughing, Crying at the George Floyd Protests in Minneapolis by Danez Smith
The author of HOMIE and DON'T CALL US DEAD reflects in the NEW YORKER on the uprising in their home city. Read full story »

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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The Dragons, the Giant, the Women by Wayétu 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