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Milkman by Anna Burns
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The internet's freedom was illusory, and if drastic action wasn't taken, the internet would lead us into a situation of mass control, if not, indeed, the end of the world.

from Mark Doten's Trump Sky Alpha

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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 DREAM HOUSE Scheduled for Fall 2019
New memoir from Carmen Maria Machado announced for publication in October 2019.  Read full story »

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Mark Doten reading at Politics & Prose
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Sally Wen Mao reading at Moon Palace Books
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Mar 27
Tsitsi Dangarembga reading at Brazos Bookstore
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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