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Jamel Brinkley reading from A Lucky Man

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Milkman by Anna Burns
Jamel Brinkley, Steve Woodward, Jenny Xie, and Jeff Shotts at the 2018 National Book Awards
Tracy K. Smith
Wade in the Water blue bricks crop

The days / Are bright but cold. Our shadow / Spreads like ash across each road. / How much more will we bury / In the earth? How much / In this dark where the earth floats?

from Tracy K. Smith's Wade in the Water

New and Noteworthy

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Hey, Marfa
Hey, Marfa
Jeffrey Yang
Rave review in the New Yorker
Oculus
Oculus
Sally Mao
New work from Claudia Rankine coming in March
The White Card
The White Card
Claudia Rankine
New Graywolf nonfiction prize-winner coming in Feb
The Collected Schizophrenias
The Collected Schizophrenias
Esmé Wang
10th Anniversary Edition
Notes from No Man's Land
Notes from No Man's Land
Eula Biss
New NEA Big Read Selection
Advice from the Lights
Advice from the Lights
Stephanie Burt
Winner of the Forward Prize
Don't Call Us Dead
Don't Call Us Dead
Danez Smith
#1 IndieNext Pick for November
Scribe
Scribe
Alyson Hagy
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In the News

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Black Male Writers for Our Time | NYT Magazine
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Featured Events

Jan 29
Daisy Johnson and Carmen Maria Machado reading at the Strand
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Feb 01
Daisy Johnson reading at Women and Children First
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Feb 05
Daisy Johnson reading at Black Dog Cafe
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Citizen in the Classroom

Claudia Rankine's groundbreaking book Citizen: An American Lyric has inspired programming and sparked conversations in schools, universities, and communities across the country.

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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