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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.

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Catrachos by Roy G. Guzmán
Supporters celebrating Graywolf at 45 in Portland

A work of startling emotional depth and intellectual rigor, Noor Naga's If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English probes the ethics of identity, desire, privilege, and storytelling. 

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In the News

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The Center for Fiction Awards Medal for Editorial Excellence to Graywolf Press
September 20, 2023—We are thrilled to announce that Graywolf Press will receive the Center for Fiction’s 2023 Medal for Editorial Excellence. Since 2005, The Center for Fiction has honored the work of an editor, publisher, or agent who… Read full story »
Graywolf Literary Salon
Graywolf Literary Salon: Writing with our Ghosts
On Thursday, September 28, 2023, Graywolf Press will host the Graywolf Literary Salon: Writing with Our Ghosts, an evening of intimate conversations about the enduring presence of the past, the… 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.)


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